SELECT MANUAL 

FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE 

SODALITY 

OF THE 

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 



Affiliated to the Mother Sodality 
in Rome. 



BALTIMORE : 
PRINTED BY FOLEY BROS, 




Imprimatur : 

J. Card. Gibbons, 

Archbishop of Baltimore. 



Copyright 1890. 



rO 

THE SODALITY 

OF THE 

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 



i. 

BKIEF NOTICE OF ITS ORIGIN. 

FATHER JOHN LEONTIUS (Van de Leeuw), a Bel- 
gian Jesuit, who taught grammar at the Roman Col- 
lege in 1563, was the founder of the Sodality of the 
Blessed Virgin Mary. Filled with the desire to inspire 
his pupils with solid piety, and, above all. with devotion 
to the Mother of God, he erected a tiny altar for them in 
one of the class rooms, before which they frequently as- 
sembled together for prayer and piousreading. These 
meetings were encouraged by the presence of Father 
Leontius. who occasionally presided at them, addressing 
a few words of exhortation, and joining in the hymns 
they sang in honour of the Blessed Virgin. Soon after- 
wards the students of the higher classes of Philosophy 
and Theology began to follow the example of the 
younger studeuts. This special veneration bestowed on 
the Mother of God by her devoted clients was recom- 
pensed with abundant graces. As the devotion quickly 
spread through the whole college, it was deemed advisa- 
ble to organize the incipient Sodality. After some 
deliberation it was decided that a portion of the office of 
the Blessed Virgin should be recited and some canticles 
be sung in her honour. 

Later on. in 1576. one of the Soda lists was chosen from 
amongst their number to act as prefect of the candi- 
dates, or, as he was styled, master of novices. His duty 
was to explain the spirit and obligations of the Sodality 
to those seeking admission into its ranks. In 1578 another 
office was created by the appointment of a prefect of mu- 
sic for the Sodality choir. 

The visible fruits of piety and promotion of study re- 
sulting from the foundation of this holy institute, al- 
ready placed under th3 special protection of our 
"Blessed Lady of the Annunciation/' induced several of 
the colleges of the Society to avail themselves of its ad- 
vantages. 



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The Congregation, or the Sodality, as from its com- 
mencement it was indifferently styled, did not as yet, 
however, receive canonical sanction. This solemn ap- 
proval Father Claudius Aquaviva sought and obtained 
from Gregory XIII., to whom he made known the incal- 
culable good it had effected in the Roman colleges and 
other colleges of the Society where it had been estab- 
lished. On the 5th December, 1584, the Sovereign Pon- 
tiff, by letter apostolic, cauonically created the Sodal- 
ity, "Prima Primaria," and enriched it with indul- 
gences and many privileges. He granted, moreover, to 
the General, for the time being', of the Society of Jesus, 
or to his Vicar, the power of aggregating to the "Prima 
Primaria" the Sodalities established in other colleges of 
the Society, making them thereby share in the same spir- 
itual privileges. Lastly he declared the General of the 
Society, or his Vicar, the Director-General, in perpetu- 
ity, of the Congregation, with power to frame rules, to 
modify and change them as he might deem it prudent or 
profitable for God's greater glory. This last provision is 
in force up to the present, notwithstanding the Bull of 
Clement VIII., which subjects the rules of Confraterni- 
ties to the Ordinary of each diocese. In 1586, Sixtus V. 
confirmed these favours, and gave permission to have 
Sodalities erected in all houses and churches confided to 
the Society. He also allowed them to be established for 
the faithful of both sexes, with permission that some 
feast of the Blessed Virgin might be selected as titular 
feast of the Sodality. 

Clement VIII., in 1602, and Gregory XV., in ld21, still 
further increased the privileges granted by their prede- 
cessors. 

In his "Golden Bull," dated 27th September, 1747, Ben- 
dict XIV. ratified these favours and added new ones. 
This Bull contains the highest eulogium of the Society of 
Jesus and of the Sodality it had established. Four years 
later, in 1751, he bestowed on the Sodality additional and 
not less important privileges. 

In his Apostolic Letter of the 16th May, 1824, by which 
he restored the Roman College to the Society of Jesus, 
Leo XII. confirmed all the favours hifherto granted the 
Sodality ; and on the 7th March, 1825, by Rescript, he 
extended those privileges to Sodalities neither erected 
in the houses or churches of the Society, nor entrusted 
to its direction. 

Finally, Gregory XVI. and Pius IX. have repeatedly 
ratified, through the Congregation of Indulgences, the 
concessions of their predecessors, while his present 
reigning Holiness, Leo XIII., has enriched with extraor- 
dinary indulgences the celebration of the tercentenary 
of the Sodality. 



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Father Aqua viva, assisted by seventeen consultors, 
drew up the rules of the ''Prima Primarta," which, as 
the Bull "Omnipotentis Dei." lays down, should be faith- 
fully observed by all Sodalities affiliated to it. These 
rules, in the course of time, and in virtue of the powers 
granted to the Society of Jesus, have undergone various 
modifications. The rules in actual use at present are 
those which have been approved by the Very Rev. P. 
Beckx, General of the Society of Jesus, and published at 
Rome in 3855, under the title, "Leges et statuta Sodalitatum 
B.M. V. quce '•Prima Primarice' conjunctce sunt." They are 
found at page 13. 

Before terminating tins oriel historical sketch of the 
Sodality it will be interesting to insert a portion of 
the letter of the present Vicar-General of the Society of 
Jesus, Very Rev. A. M. Anderledy. addressed to the 
Fathers and Brothers of the same Society on the occa- 
sion of the tercentenary of the Sodality, 5th De- 
cember, 1884. Having dwelt on the privileges granted to 
it by the Holy See, he continues: "In the seventeenth 
century seventeen Cardinals were members of the 'Pri- 
ma Primaria seven out of this number sat in the Chair 
of Peter, namely. Urban VIII., Alexander VII., Clement 
IX., Clement X., Innocent X., Innocent XI., and Clement 
XI. Cardinal Frederic Borromeo founded a Sodality at 
Milan for boys and men. At Naples the Sodality owed its 
origin to the piety of the Apostolic Nuncio, and included 
all classes, from thp highest to the lowest. Sigismund 
III., King of Poland and Sweden, Philip and Ferdinand, 
Princes of Bavaria, begged to be allowed to enrol their 
names as members of the Sodality in the year 1602. Max- 
imilian Henry, Duke of Bavaria, was elected Prefect of 
the Sodality at Cologne in 1639. Ladislaus IV., King of 
Poland, belonged to the Sodality at Louvain, and had an- 
other established at Warsaw. His brother, JohnCasimir, 
King of Poland and Sweden, claimed admission into the 
Sodality at Warsaw, while he and his second brother, 
Ferdinand, were by turns elected Prefects of the War- 
saw Sodality. Ferdinand II., king, not as yet emperor, 
was a member of the Sodality of our Lady. The follow- 
ing words, written by the monarch, are found in the ar- 
chives of the Sodality : 'On November 7, 1618, Ferdinand, 
King of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria. 
Sodalist of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of 
God, wrote these words. 1 Later on, as emperor, in the 
mpst solemn manner, he declared the Mother of God Su- 
preme Empress of his army, Ferdinand III. made the 
following profession of faitn in writing when he became 
a member of the Louvain Sodality : 'Willingly do I pro- 
fess myself one of that Congregation, O most august 
Mary, that has met together under thy patronage. To 



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thee I entrust myself, my wife, and children : to thee the 
Roman empire, over which God has placed me : to thee, 
and to thy protection, my people and my armies, lighting 
for thee and for thy Son. Do thou acknowledge me as 
thine, who for thy honour, and for that of thy Son, live, 
reign, and battle. I shall be thine, O Mary ; all who be- 
long to me shall also be thine ; my possessions and king- 
doms and empire shall be thine. My people and my army 
are thine ; do thou protect them ; do thou conquer for 
them ; do thou rule and reign in them. Thus do I vow, 
thine in dutifulness and thine by justice.— Ferdinand. 
1640.' " 



IJ. 

SPIRITUAL ADVANTAGES AFFORDED TO THE MEMBERS OF 
THE SODALITIES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 

The Sovereign Pontiffs, and especially Benedict XIV., 
in their apostolic letters, have enumerated the principal 
advantages obtained by the members of the Congrega- 
tion. It will be sufficient to indicate them briefly. 

1°. The first is the special protection which the Blessed 
Virgin cannot fail to extend to those who are consecrated 
to her service. "Now all good things came to me with 
her, and innumerable riches through her hands' 1 (Wisd. 
vii. 11). 

2°. The efficacy of the prayers of the Sodality recited 
not only in private, but also in common, for temporal as 
well as spiritual needs, for the living as well as for the 
deceased members of the Congregation. "For where 
there are two or three gathered together in my name, 
there am I in the midst of them" (Matt* xviii). 

3°. The obligation which each Sodalist contracts of ob- 
serving the rules ©f the Sodality when he is admitted 
into the Congregation. For though thev do not bind un- 
der pain of sin, yet they impose a gentle restraint on a 
sincere Sodalist to be faithful to their observance, in 
virtue of the engagement he has voluntarily under- 
taken. Experience abundantly teaches members of 'the 
Sodality that, were it not for their attendance at 
the meetings of the Sodality, and their compliance with 
its ordinances and pious usages, in many instances they 
would have quickly grown tepid in the practices of reli- 
gion, and perhaps have seriously imperilled their salva- 
tion. 

4°. The grace imparted by the admonitions, instruc- 
tions, discourses preached at the meetings of the Sodality. 

5°. The opportunities and inducements for the fre- 
quent reception of the Sacraments, which purify the 



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soul, detach it from the love of the world, and lift it to 
heavenly things. 

6°. The public reading of pious books at the meetings 
of the Sodality, as well as the private spiritual reading 
of the individual members. 

7°. Meditation on the eternal truths, and on the myste- 
ries of the life and death of our Lord. 

8°. The numerous opportunities afforded the members 
of the Sodality of gaining the large indulgences granted 
them by the Holy See. 

9°. The exercise of the spirtual and corporal works of 
mercy, which, from the foundation of the Sodality, has 
always been one of its leading characteristics. When 
established at Rome, Paris. Douay, Cologne, &c, the So- 
• dalists of every rank and calling were to be seen visiting 
the hospitals, the prisons, the homes of the poor, the ig- 
norant, the afflicted, now engaged in consoling, again in 
instructing or leading back to the Sacraments many 
who, in those unhappy times, had fallen away from truth 
and morality. Everywhere and by every means they 
sought to promote God's greater glory and the salvation 
of souls. 

10°. The good example mutually given by the Socialists 
not only at their Sodality meetings, but not unfre- 
quently also in their social relations. The Sodality has 
always been able to reckon among its members a chosen 
number whose solid virtue and sterling goodness hold 
them up as models for their companions. 

11°. The watchful solicitude of the Directors, Supe- 
riors, and Officers of the Congregation exercised in be- 
half of the members. Many Sodalists are indebted for 
their perseverance in virtue, or their repentance, if they 
have erred, to the earnest prayers and kindly vigilance 
of those to whose care the Sodality is entrusted. 

12°. The well-founded confidence cherished by every 
faithful Sodalist of obtaining final perseverance and an 
eternal crown. "A child of Mary shall never perish.'" 



III. 

Indulgences, granted by the Roman Pontiffs both to the 
Sodality '"Prima Primaria," or Congregation of the An- 
nunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, erected in the Ro- 
man College of the Society of Jesus, and to other Sodalities 
erected in the same manner, or hereafter to be erected, 
provided they be canoaically aggregated to the said "'Prima 
Primaria.'" 



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EXILES OF THE SODALITY. 



PLENARY INDULGENCES FOR ALL THE FAITHFUL OF BOTH 
SEXES. 

1. A plenary indulgence may be gained by all Sodalists 
and by all the faithful of both sexes, not members of the 
Sodality, who, truly penitent, and having confessed their 
sins and received Holy Communion, shall piously visit a 
church, or chapel, or oratory, on the day of the feast or 
title of the same Sodality, any time between First Ves- 
pers and sunset, and there pray for the preservation and 
increase of the Christian religion, for the extirpation of 
heresy, for peace among Christian princes, for the wel- 
fare of the Roman Pontiff, or any other prayers accord- 
ing to the particular devotion of each. 

2. If the Sodality has another title, or another patron * 
besides the Blessed Virgin, in the' same manner a plenary 
indulgence is granted for the day on which the feast of 
the said Sodality is celebrated. If, however, there be no 
such title, the Director of any such Sodality can, each 
year, with the leave of the Ordinary, make choice of any 
day he pleases. 

3. In like manner, with leave of the Ordinary, either 
feast may be transferred to another day within the year, 
even to a Sunday, and then the said indulgences may be 
held to be granted for the day on which the feast is cele- 
brated, even if a double should happen to fall on that 
day, in which case one solemn Votive Mass of this trans- 
ferred feast may be celebrated. 

4. A plenary indulgence and remission of all sins may 
be gained on the day on which any one is received into 
the Sodality,*lf, truly penite'nt, and having confessed his 
sins, he shall on the same day receive the Most Holy Sac- 
rament of the Eucharist in a church where the said So- 
dality is established, or in any other place. 

5. Likewise at the hour of death. 

6. Also on the feasts of the Nativity and Ascension of 
our Lord Jesus Christ of the Annunciation, Assumption, 
Conception, and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by 
all Sodalists who, truly penitent, and having confessed 
their sins, shall devoutly receive the Most Holy Sacra- 
ment of the Eucharist, 

7. Also once a week, on those days on which, according 
to the statutes and rules or customs of the said "Prima 
Primaria," or of any other Sodality elsewhere erected, 
or hereafter to be erected, an assembly of the Sodalists is 
usually held, if, truly penitent, and having confessed 
their sins and received Holy Communion, they shall visit 
a church, or chapel, or oratory, or place of any Sodality, 
and there fervently pray to God for peace among Chris- 
tian princes, for the extirpation of heresy, and for the 
exaltation of our holy Mother the Church. 



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When, however, the Socialists assemble twice or three 
times in the same week, the day for gaining the plenary 
indulgence will be left to the choice of each. In these 
matters, however, and in all other things, Sodalists are 
strongly recommended to follow the advice of their Di- 
rectors. 

8. In those Sodalities in which the Sodalists are accus- 
tomed to assemble in the evening or night, or at any 
other hour after mid-day, the plenary indulgence may 
be gained on the day of assembly, or on the day follow- 
ing, as each one may choose . 

9. The priests who are Directors of the same Sodality 
(provided that they have obtained leave once for all 
from the Ordinary), as often as they shall visit the mem- 
bers of the Sodality who are suffering from illness, and 
shall assist them by their spiritual counsels, either to 
bear patiently the hardships of disease or to be willing to 
accept death from the hand of God; and if, before an 
image of our Crucified Saviour, they shall procure that 
the Lord's Prayer and the Angelical Salutation be re- 
cited by the sick person at least three times, according to 
the mind of the Pope and of our holy mother the Church, 
can apply to them a plenary indulgence on the day on 
which the sick person shall have received Holy Commu- 
nion . 

10. Twice in the year the Sodalists may gain the plen- 
ary indulgence granted once a week, even if they have 
not visited the place itself of the Sodality, provided that 
they shall visit another church, in which, after a general 
confession, either of their whole life or since their last 
general confession, they shall receive the Most Holy Sac- 
rament of the Eucharist. 

11. This practice of making a general confession is 
most praiseworthy : and a special devotion to the Blessed 
Virgin Mary is particularly commended by the Sovereign 
Pontiffs. Upon Sodalists, moreover, it is enjoined that 
they should always obey, with a prompt and ready will, 
the counsels and commands of their own Directors. 

INDULGENCES OF SEVEN YEARS WHICH MEMBERS OF THE 
SODALITY GAIN AS OFTEN AS THE FOLLOWING WORKS 
ARE PERFORMED. 

12. By following the remains of deceased Sodalists, or 
of any of the faithful of Christ, to ecclesiastical burial. 

13. When admonished, by the sound of a bell, of the last 
agony of any of the faithful, by praying to God for the 
recovery of the sick person, or for a happy death, or. if 
he be dead, for rest to his soul. 

14. By assisting at public and private assemblies of the 



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Sodality, or at divine office, or spiritual conferences and 
exhortations. 

15. Or even at pious offices in behalf of deceased mem- 
bers of the Sodality, or of any of the faithful departed, 
provided that such offices, &c, have the approval of the 
Directors. 

16. By hearing Mass on week days. 

17. By diligently examining their conscience in the 
evening before they retire to rest. 

18 By visiting the sick of the Sodality, as also those 
who are in hospitals or private houses. 

19. Or those who are detained in prisons. 

20. By reconciling enemies. 

DECLARATION AND OTHER INDULGENCES. 

21. Sodalists may gain all these indulgences, no matter 
in what place they are living, if, at the church of that 
place, or elsewhere, if more convenient, they shall per- 
form the works which are prescribed above. 

22. Sodalists may gain all the indulgences of the Sta- 
tions of the Churches of Rome, whether within or with- 
out the walls, if during Lent, or at other times of the 
year, on the days of the Stations, they shall piously visit 
a church or chapel, or their own oratory, in the place 
where they may happen to be staying for the time, and 
there say seven times the Lord's Prayer, and seven times 
the Hail' Mary. 

INDULGENCES FOR THE DEAD. 

23. All the above-mentioned indulgences can be applied 
for the relief of the faithful departed. 

24. The altar of each Sodality is privileged, and this 
privilege is extended to all priests, but only when Mass 
is said for the soul of some deceased member of the So- 
drlity. 

25. But priests who are Jesuits, or are members of the 
Sodality, can celebrate Mass for the soul of any Sodalist, 
with the same privilege, at any altar and in any church. 

The 6th of March, 1776. 
Given at Rome, at the Office of the Secretary of the 
Sacred Congregation of Indulgences. 

Julius Cesar De Somaglia, 
{ L. S. }■ Secretary of the Sacred Congregation 

of Indulgence. 



POINTS WORTH KNOWING. 



1.— The Starting of the Sodality. 

The first thing to do is to write to the Messenger office 
in Philadelphia for the Diploma. This gives the right of 
forming a Sodality under the patroDage of the Blessed 
Virgin Mary, and rightfully claiming the recognition 
and protection of the Church. 

2. — Its Erection. 

Erection is nothing more than the act of the Bishop 
forming the Sodality. 

3. — Its Aeeiliatiox, 

Affiliation gives the Sodality its character and commu- 
nicates the privileges and Indulgeuc i s of the Prima 
Primaria Head and Mother of the Sodalities of tne 
World. 

4. — Its Treasury. 

Only after the Diploma has been received is the Sodal- 
ity entitled to draw on the treasury of Indulgences. 
This brings it into the grand union of the kindred socie- 
ties. 

5. — Organization. 

After the second or third meeting the Sodality should 
be organized by the election of officers. 

6— Postulants. 

There is a two-fold reception of members, the one ad- 
mitting them as Postulants, the otner receiving them as 
Sodalists. 

The reception as Postulants should take place at the 
second or third meeting. Tne term of probation should 
last two months or more. 

7.— Reception as Sodaeists. 

The reception into the Sodality proper cannot take 
place till the canonical diploma has been received. The 
lawfully appointed Director, alone, is to receive the 
members, and it belongs to him, and not to the Prefect, 
to pronounce the formula by which the members are ac- 
tually admitted. 



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8. — Essentials of Reception. 

1. The one to be received must be present. 2. He must 
be willing to enter the Sodalit3 T . 3. The Director must 
be willing to receive him. 

9. — Essential to Membership. 

Each Sodalist's name must be entered on the Sodality 
register. 

It is customary, though not necessary, to invest with 
the medal, and to present a manual of the Sodality. 

10.— The Transfer Certificate. 

When a member is obliged to leave the Sodality in his 
parish on account of change of residence, let him obtain 
from the Director a Certificate of Transfer. This will 
enable him to enter the Sodality in his new parish with- 
out undergoing the usual probation. Provided, the So- 
dality is composed of the same or similar class of persons, 
and has been cauonically erected and affiliated to the 
Roman Prima Primaria. 

11.— Its Success. 

The success of the Sodality will depend upon all the 
members keeping as essential the rules relating to the 
weekly meetings (if in the country the monthly meet- 
ings), the Confession and Communion every month, and 
on greater festivals, the Probation and Reception of 
members and the like. 



RULES AND CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 

SODALITIES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 

(A new translation of the Rules, <£c, as approved by the Very 
Bev. Fr. Beckx, General of the Society of Jesus.) 



CHAPTER I. 
COMMON RULES. 

I. — Since it is from the Most Blessed Virgin, Mother of 
God. principal patroness of this Sodality, we are to ex- 
pect patronage and protection— as she is Mother of 
Mercy, loving those that love her, guardian and protec- 
tress of those who piously and religiously seek her aid — 
it is of the highest importance that the members of the 
same Sodality should not only greatly venerate, and in a 
very special manner honour her, but also seek, by the 
blameless conduct of their lives, to imitate the example 
of her wonderful virtues, and to excite each other to love 
her. 

The accomplishment of all this will be greatly facili- 
tated by the observance of the rules which it has been 
thought better to have committed to writing, so that, as 
far as possible, they may be common to all the Sodalities 
in union with that of Rome. 

It is, however, permitted to each Sodality to have, be- 
sides these rules, others peculiar to itself, such as it may 
consider suited to the various circumstances of place 
and persons. 

ORGANIZATION OF THE SODALITY, 

II. — The Sodality shall be governed by the Superior of 
the place in which it shall be established, and by the Pre- 
fect of the Sodality itself, aided by the counsel of two 
assistants. To these shall be added twelve consultors, 
one of whom shall act as secretary. The number of con- 
sultors may, on account of the small number of mem- 
bers, be reduced to six ; besides these, other inferior of- 
ficers shall be elected according to the wants of each So- 
dality. But all shall pay due deference, not only to the 
Director of the Sodality, but also to the Prefect and 
other officers, according to the rank of each, and shall 
obey them in all things relating to the Sodality. But 



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when any impediment shall occur they shall, as soon as 
possible, give notice to the Director or Prefect, that he 
may give charge of the matter to some other officer or 
member. 

FREQUENTATION OF THE SACRAMENTS. 

III. — As the end of this Sodality is virtue and Christian 
piety, for the attainment of which end the f requentation 
of the sacraments is of the greatest utility, they who 
wish to join the Sodality shall, before they are received, 
purify their souls from sin by an ordinary or a general 
confession, as their confessor shall judge better in the 
Lord. Then all the members are to know that they 
should receive the sacraments ' of Penance and the 
Blessed Eucharist at least once in the month, and also on 
certain feasts and solemnities of our Lord and His most 
Blessed Mother. However, the principal officers, that is 
to say, the Prefect, Assistant, Secretary, and Consultors 
should go to confession, and, unless their spirtual Father 
judge otherwise, receive the Blessed Eucharist more fre- 
quently than the other members, who should derive in- 
struction from their example. 

CHOICE OF A CONFESSOR. 

IV. As far as possible let an ordinary confessor be 
chosen, who, once that he has been selected by any one, 
must not without good reason be changed. To him let 
each one unreservedly manifest the state of his con- 
science, and in all things that concern the direction of 
his conscience let each one allow himself to be guided 
and ruled by him. 

CELEBRATION OF THE MORE SOLEMN FEASTS OF OUR 
BLESSED LORD AND BLESSED LADY, NOVENAS, &C. 

V. But since the members of the Sodality should make 
it their principal study to please God, and after Him the 
Blessed Virgin, as they are dedicated to her and belong 
to her by very special titles, the Director and Prefect 
should spare no efforts to procure the increase and ex- 
tension of this devotion. They, therefore, shall take 
care that the more solemn feasts of our Lord and of the 
Virgin Mother of God be celebrated by the members of 
the Sodality with peculiar fervour and devotion. This 
devotion will be increased if, during the nine days pre- 
ceding those feasts, the members prepare and dispose 
themselves by some special observances, and, above all, 
by holy meditations. That this may the more easily be 
done by them, let the points of meditation and the ob- 
servances be prescribed for each day, and let them, un- 
less the expense be considered too great, be placed before 



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the members in print, or read at a convenient time in 
the Sodality. 

PIOUS OBSERVANCES OF THE SODALITY. 

VI. — Where the custom exists each member shall bring 
to the Sodality a list of the observances he has practised 
during- those 'days— but without signing his name— and 
shall throw it into a box or urn prepared for that pur- 
pose : and these lists, having- been reduced to order and 
copied into a book, shall be publicly read instead of the 
usual exhortation. Let them be read, if possible, on the 
day immediately preceding the solemn feast, to the end 
that all miy. by the recollection of what they have 
heard, be very much excited to increased fervour and 
devotion. The members must also know that they will 
render themselves very pleasing to the ever Blessed 
Virgin by not only mailing use of these practices on the 
above-mentioned days, but also by seeking everyday, by 
some pious practice.ro render the Mother of G-od propi- 
tious to them. 

REGULARITY OF ATTENDANCE— DAYS OF SODALITY 
MEETINGS. 

VII. — The greatest care must nlso be taken that the 
meetings of the Sodality be not omitted for any slight 
cause. But if anything should occur on account of 
which it may seem that on that day the meeting should 
not take place, it shall be the province of the Director to 
decide on the sutheiency of the cause, and he. having ex- 
amined the matter in the Lord, and having attentively 
considered it. shall decide as to him shall s^em most ex- 
pedient. 

EEGISTEK OF ATTENDANCE. 

VIII. — They who, on the days and at the times ap- 
pointed for meeting, shall have been absent, must, as 
soon as possible, explain the cause of their absence to the 
Director, who is to judge whether the cause be sufficient 
or not : and. if he finds them to have been in fault, he 
may admonish them as shall seem good to him : and, for 
such absence, or for other defects, he may for a certain 
time prohibit their attendance at meetings, as shall be 
judged most conducive to the good of the Sodality and 
the glory of our Lord : and. that the absence of any per- 
son may the more certainly and readily be known, the 
Sodality shall keep a book for the purpose, and in it the 
days during that year on which meetings are to take 
place, and the names of the members shall be so written 
that the absence of any one may easily be marked; 
though all should have so great a devotion to the Blessed 



16 RULES OF THE SODALITY. 



Virgin, and so great a care of their own spiritual prog- 
ress, as to have little need of these or similar admoni- 
tions. 

GOOD WORKS RECOMMENDED. 

1. Every day : To begin the day by some special prayer 
to their Heavenly Patroness as the Memorare. In the 
Prima Primaria three Hail Marys are prescribed, morn- 
ing and night- 

To be present, if possible, at the Holy Sacrifice of the 
Mass. 

To give some time to meditation on heavenly things 
or spiritual reading. 

To recite, at least in part, the rosary or the office of the 
Blessed Virgin. 

To examine one's conscience before retiring to rest. 

2. Once a month, at the very least, to approach the sac- 
raments of Penance and the Eucharist. 

3. Once or twice a year to make a general confession or 
review. 

4. At the death of a Sodalist to accompany the body to 
the grave, and fervently commend the soul to God. 

5. At all times to be energetic in furthering whatever 
tends to the increase and well-being of the Church and 
of religion ; to strive earnestly by example, as well as by 
words, to lead back to the way of salvation wanderers 
from the faith or from the path of Christian virtue ; to 
practice diligently the works of mercy, especially to- 
wards Sodalists in time of sickness : finally to strive to 
acquire not only those virtues which no Christian can be 
without, but to vie with each other in piety, purity, hu- 
mility, modesty, diligence and industry in the discharge 
of the duties of one's state of life. 



TRANSFER CERTIFICATE. 

IX — If it should ever happen that any one has to leave 
the Sodality to make a journey, let him give informa- 
tion of it to the Director and Prefect, and ask them for 
letters patent, so that he may be received as a member 
of the Sodality that may exist in the place to which he 
goes ; and since, even durinar his absence, he is a sharer 
in the merits of the Sodality, it is becoming that he 
should occasionally give the others news of himself and 
all that concerns him, writing to the Prefect and rec- 
ommending himself to the prayers of the members. But 
wherever he may be, let him take care to show himself a 
true child of the Sodality, and endeavour, by the blame- 
lessness of his conduct and the example of his life, to ed- 
ify all and lead them to virtue. t 



RULES OF THE SODALITY. 



1? 



FRATERNAL UNION AND CHARITY. 

X.— Let them all love one another with true and sin- 
cere charity, and be careful to preserve peace and fra- 
ternal concbrd.and, day after day. to advauce in the prac- 
tice of true and Christian virtue. They will be greatly 
assisted to the attainment of this end by frequenting 
the meetings of the Sodality, by not neglecting its pious 
exercises, by often seeking the society of those whose 
conversation may be useful, by avoiding bad company, 
and all occasions that might in'any way be injurious, as, 
for example, plays, quarrels, strifes, complaints, and 
other things of the kind that would injure the good 
name and reputation of the Sodality. Let them, on the 
contrary, try so to bear themselves on all occasions as to 
be thought worthy of being under the special protection 
of the Most Blessed Virgin. 

PUBLIC READING OF THE RULES OF THE SODALITY. 

XL— That these laws and constitutions may the more 
easily be kept, let them be publicly read at the meeting 
of the Sodality once a month instead of the usual in- 
struction. 



CHAPTER II. 

OF THE MANNER OF ELECTING THE PREFECT 
AND THE OTHER OFFICERS. 

L— The Prefect and other officers shall be elected once 
tor at most twice) a year on the principal feasts of the 
Blessed Virgin. The Director of the Sodality, the Pre- 
fect, Assistants, Consult ors, and Secretary shall meet, 
and after having recited the Vent Creator^ with the usual 
prayers, and taken the votes, they shall select out of the 
whole Sodality three eminent among the others for the 
example of their virtues and their reputation for good- 
ness. Then let these be proposed to the whole Sodality ; 
he that shall obtain the greater number of votes shall be 
declared Prefect, the others shall be declared first and 
second Assistants, according to the number of votes 
given for each. The Director of the Sodality and the 
Prefect shall take the votes. In a similar manner shall 
the Consultors and Secretary be chosen, but they shall 
not be proposed to the general meeting of the Sodality. 

II.— The Treasurer, Sacristan, and other inferior offi- 
ce rs that may be required, according to the custom of 
each Sodality, may be selected by the Director and Pre- 
fect, together with the Assistants and Secretary, regard 



RULES OF THE OFFICERS. 



being- had to the regularity of their attendance and the 
edification they give. 

At the commencement of each Prefect's term of office 
all the officers, as well inferior as the superior, shall be 
changed, unless the Director and Prefect judge it better 
to do otherwise, which must not be without sufficient 
cause. 

Ill —All the officers of the Sodality, superior and in- 
ferior, having been elected in this manner, their names 
shall be publicly announced in the Sodality on some 
feast of the Blessed Virgin. For greater devotion and 
sole iinity the Director of the Sodality may confer on 
each officer the peculiar insignia of his charge. The Sec- 
retary, therefore, shall read aloud the names of the of- 
ficers in the order in which they shall have been elected, 
and according to the rank and dignity of each. Let him, 
whose name shall be read out, go to the Director, and, 
kneeling before him, receive from him the insignia of 
the office, and let the Director exhort him to discharge 
its duties with all becoming care and diligence, and very 
briefly let him explain the nature of the office to which 
he has been appointed. 

The names of all the officers having been thus an- 
nounced, either the Director of the Sodality or some one 
else shall address all the members of the Sodality, and 
exhort them to regular attendance at the meetings, to 
observance of the rules, to devotion of the Blessed 
Virgin and love of her, and, above all, to the imitation of 
her virtues. 

IV.— If the Prefect should die, or if, from any other 
cause, it should happen, before half his term of oifice had 
elapsed, that he could no longer perform its duties, an- 
other, according to the decision of the Director, shall be 
appointed to take the place of the Prefect till a new 
election can be held. The same shall be done in ap- 
pointing substitutes for the other officers. 



CHAPTER III. 

RULES OF THE PREFECT. 

As the Prefect takes precedence in rank and office, and 
claims the first place after the Director, so should he ex- 
cel the other members of the Sodality in virtue. Where- 
fore, he should observe with the greatest diligence not 
only the rules of his own office, but also the common 
rules, those especially that relate to the f requentation of 
the sacraments, confessing his sins, and receiving the 
Blessed Eucharist more frequently than the others ; and 
he should take care to advance the Sodality in the way 



RULES OF THE OFFICERS. 



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of virtue and Christian perfection, more by example 
even than by words. 

II. — He must always attend the meeting's at the times 
appointed, aud should some time beforehand carefully 
prepare all that is required for the usual spiritual exer- 
cises, as shall have been agreed on between him and the 
Director. But if for some good reason he cannot attend, 
Jet him as soon as possible give notice to the Director: 
then the First Assistant, or, in his absence, the Second, 
shall take the Prefect's place. 

III. — Although the Prefect has charge of the Sodality, 
let him, nevertheless, know that he is subject to the 
Director, by whom he is always to be guided in whatever 
is to be done. Wherefore, he must not change or do 
away with anything whatever, neither shall he make any 
new arrangements without the knowledge and approval 
of the said Director, in order that in the Sodality the 
greater glory of our Lord and of the Virgin Mother of 
God may be more carefully and peaceably procured. 

IV. — Let him seek to make the other officers under 
him, especially the Assistants, the Secretary, and the 
twelve or six Consultors, observe each the rules of his 
own charge. Let him also have the names of those mem- 
bers that attend the meeting written during the meet- 
ing. Let him also see that a book be kept containing the 
names of the members, whether present or absent, 
written according to the method already prescribed ; 
also another book in which shall be written the day and 
year that the \ arious officers were appointed ; and a third 
book in which it shall be written on what day and in 
what year each member was received into the Sodality, 
and also, when it can be known, the day of his death. 

V. — When any member is sick the Prefect shall take 
care to have him visited in the name of the Sodality, and, 
if the sickness be considered serious, that prayers be of- 
fered up to God for him by all. But if there be danger 
of death, he will see that the sick person be strengthened 
by the reception of the Holy Sacraments of the Church ; 
and, if he die, that the appointed prayers be offered up 
by the members of the Sodality for the relief of his soul. 

VI. — He, as well as the Director, must subscribe the 
letters patent. If it should become necessary to dismiss 
any person from the Sodality on account of grievous 
faults, he must do nothing- without the knowledge of the 
Director, or without his counsel and approval. 



CHAPTER IV. 
RULES OF THE ASSISTANTS. 
I.— The business of the Assistants shall be to advise 



20 KULES OF THE OFFICERS. 



and co-operate with the Prefect in the government of 
the Sodality. Wherefore, there should be no dissention 
between them and him, so that by their unanimity affairs 
shall be better administered. 

II.— They should be present at a 11 the meetings, public 
or private, and, in the absence of the Prefect, the First 
Assistant shall take his place ; but if both be absent, the 
Second Assistant shall act as Prefect. Let them often 
confer with the Director and Prefect on matters con- 
cerning- the spiritual progress of the Sodality, which, by 
Avord and example, as far as by the assistance of divine 
grace they can do so, they should seek to promote. 



CHAPTER V. 

RULES OF THE SECRETARY. 

L— The Secretary shall be present at all consultations. 
He shall, in a book kept for the purpose, write an account 
of occurrences of importance, but shall first show to the 
Director and Prefect copies of what he is about to write 
in it. 

II. — In the various books already mentioned he shall 
write very carefully the matter proper to each. He shall 
make known to no one the arrangements that have been 
agreed on in the consultations, and he should know how 
to keep silence, as his very name reminds him. 

III. — It shall be his business to write the letters, orders, 
and other usual documents, and also to sign them and 
seal them with the ordinary seal of the Sodality, acting 
in all things on the decision of the Director and Prefect. 



CHAPTER VI. 
ROLLS OF THE TWELVE OR SIX CONSULTORS. 

Let some members of the Sodality be chosen according 
to the rules for elections. There may be twelve when 
the Sodality has many members, but six only when the 
members are not numerous. 

It shall be their business to assist the Prefect in the 
consultations, and in the administration of the Sodality, 
and on that account they should be selected from those 
more advanced in age, and of more tried virtue. In giv- 
ing their opinions let them always have in view the 
greater glory of God and of His Virgin Mother, and the 
spiritual progress of the Sodality ; and let them never al- 
low themselves, through want of impartiality, to deviate 



RULES OF THE OFFICERS. 



21 



from what is just. As has already been frequently said. 
Jet them seek to excel the other members in conduct as 
they do in rank. 



CHAPTER VII. 

RULES OF THE TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall make no expenditure whatever 
without the order of the Director. Let him keep a book 
in which the account of receipts and expenditures shall 
be carefully entered, which he shall produce and show 
to the Father Director as often as he may desire. Let 
him tak : care not to ask in the name of the Sodality any- 
thing for anyone, either for the ordinary or extraordi- 
nary expenses of the Sodality; but he must be satisfied 
with the money given by all the members, according to 
the custom, and the money that each, of his own liberal- 
ity gives when there is a meeting of the Sodality. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

RULES OF THE PREFECT OF THE SODALITY 
LIBRARY. 

The Sodality Library and the books in it are confided 
to his care. Let him understand how important this 
charge is. and how much in the fulfilment of his duties 
be may serve the other members by his diligence, or in- 
jure them by his neglect. After the meeting he shall 
give out the books to the members. Let him keep a 
carefully-written catalogue of all the books, and let him 
place it where it may be seen by all, or show it to those 
who may ask to see it. so that each one having read it 
may get from the Library any book he may select. But 
he shall give no book to any one without first seeing that 
he who gets the book sbalf write on a sheet of paper his 
own name and surname, the title of the book, and the 
day. month, and year the book was taken . The Librarian 
shall keep this paper till such time as the other shall re- 
turn the book. 

He shall not allow anyone to take home two books at 
the same time, nor shall he allow anyone to keep any 
book beyond a specified time : but. when they have been 
informed, all must bring back to the Library any books 
they have taken out. 



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CHAPTER IX. 

RCLES OF THOSE THAT VISIT THE SICK. 
As it would often be impossible for the Prefect to visit 
in person all the members that might be sick, especially 
if it should happen that many fall sick at the same time, 
it is necessary that he should have some of the members 
to aid and assist him in so pious and hoi}- a work. Their 
number shall be fixed by the Director, who will select 
those whom he knows to be. on account of their age and 
piety, best suited for this charge. Their business shall 
be to visit frequently the sick members of the Sodality, 
to make themselves accurately acquainted with their 
state, and to give to the Director and Prefect informa- 
tion of what they have learned, also to pray earnestly to 
God for the sick, and to see that they are assisted by the 
commoQ prayers of the whole Sodality. If the sickness 
become dangerous, let them give notice as soon as pos- 
sible to the Director and Prefect, that they, as their of- 
fice requires of them, may assist the sick person, and by 
all means in their power take care that a member of the 
Sodality dangerously sick do not die without being 
strengthened by the sacraments of the Church. It will 
be useful not only frequently to visit the sick when they 
are confined to bed, but also to bear them company when 
they begin to recover, and this they should do in such a 
manner as to console in the Lord the sick persons by 
their spiritual conversation, and at the same time to . 
cheer them. 



CHAPTER X. 
RULES OF THE SACRISTAN. 

There shall be two, three or four Sacristans, according 
to the number of the members. They should be con- 
vinced that in this charge and office they serve God, and 
after Him, His Virgin Mother ; wherefore, let them not 
thinn it beneath them to sweep out the place of meeting 
of the Sodality, or to undertake the like humble office at 
the meeting itself. 

Let them be particularly careful that the vestments 
and everything that is used at the Holy Sacrifice of the 
Mass be properly prepared, and be as neat as possible. 
Let a list of all the furniture of the Sodality be written 
in a little book, which those going out of office shall hand 
over to their successors, showing them at the same time 
where each article is to be kept. All things belonging to 
their charge should be becoming and properly arranged, 
and they should have them locked up, and the keys 
should be kept by the Director. 



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They should not go out from the meeting without 
cause and express leave of the Director, but should, with 
the others, be present at all the spiritual exercises of the 
Sodality. They should incur no expense whatever with- 
out the knowledge and advice of the Director. Let them 
also avoid rare and costly decorations, which the Di- 
rector, in his prudence, shall either altogether forbid or 
at least so moderate chat they may be procured with the 
least possible expense. 



CHAPTER XI. 
THE ORDER TO BE OBSERVED IN CONSULTATIONS 

For the preservation and increase of the Sodality it 
seems necessary that not only the members should fre- 
quently be assembled for spiritual exercises, but also that 
they should sometimes meet to treat of the proper ad- 
ministration of the Sodality : wherefore, let the Director, 
Prefect, Assistants, Secretary and Consultors meet once 
a mouth, at a convenient hour, that they may treat of 
any questions that may arise, and come to a decision on 
them. But in the conspirations the Director shall gen- 
erally be the person to propose the matters to be dis- 
cussed ; the others shall in all things pay great deference 
to his authority, and shall allow themselves to be guided 
by his judgment, though they, too, may with modesty 
propose what they may consider necessary. 

Let them all guard themselves against inordinate aif'ec- 
tions of the mind, and in giving their opinions let them 
look solely to the glory of God and of His Holy Mother, 
and to the spiritual advancement of the Sodality. 



CHAPTER XII. 
OF THE MANNER OF ADMITTING MEMBERS INTO 
THE SODALITY. 
I.— Let him that desires to enter the Sodality apply to 
the Director and Prefect, and when they have made suf- 
ficient inquiries about him, and have obtained informa- 
tion as to his age, profession, virtue and other qualities, 
the Prefect shall refer the matter to the meeting of the 
twelve or six consultors, that the applicant may be al- 
lowed to attend meetings for a certain time to serve as a 
probation, as shall be explained. During this time he 
shall have leave to attend the spiritual exercises of the 
Sodality, but shall not be allowed to be present at the 
deliberations and consultations; and, in the meantime, 
he shall sit apart from the others, according as the na- 
ture of the place may render practicable. 



24 RULES OF THE OFFICERS. 



II. — When any applicant shall have been approved of, 
but not yet received, the Director and Prefect shall give 
him in charge to one of the members of exemplary vir- 
tue, whose care it shall be during the time of probation 
(which shall last two or three months, according to the 
qualifications of the person) to instruct him in the con- 
stitutions and rules and other customs of the Sodality, 
and to solve any difficulties that may occur to him, so 
that, fully understanding everything, he may obtain the 
object of his desires; and when the time for admitting 
him is at hand, in order that he may, according to the 
privileges and favours granted to the Sodality, gain the 
plenary indulgence on the day of his enrolment as mem- 
ber, let him that has charge of the applicant give him 
notice to prepare himself for the reception of the Most 
Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist that day, so that he 
may be made partaker of so great a treasure. 

III. — But before anyone is admitted into the body of 
the Sodality, let his case be again referred to the meet- 
ing of the twelve or six consultors, that from them, and 
particularly from the person to whose care he was en- 
trusted, it may be known how well he has conducted 
himself up to the time appointed. If it should be dis- 
covered that, during the time of probation, he has not 
entirely satisfied the expectations that were entertained, 
it shall be the business of the above-mentioned meeting 
to determine by majority of votes whether he shall be 
rejected or whether his time of probation shall be pro- 
longed. 

But if he has given good proof of his character and 
virtue, he shall be received with the form and ceremony 
hereinafter described, provided that the Director gives 
his consent, without whose knowledge and counsel noth- 
ing shall be valid. 



Formula which can be used by those who are admitted as 
* Candidates. 

Holy Mary, Immaculate Virgin. Mother of God, I, 

, anxious to become one of thy privileged children, 

resolve, on this day, with the divine assistance, and 
helped by thy powerful intercession, to amend my life 
and imitate thy virtues, so as to deserve to be received 
as a member of this holy Sodality, erected to thy honor, 
and to the greater glory of thy divine Son. Amen. 



KULES OF THE SODALITY, 



25 



Prayer before Cojmcil Meeting a?id Elect io?i of 
Officers. 

Let us Pray. 

God, who by the light of the Holy 
Ghost, dicTst instruct the hearts of the 
faithful, grant we beseech thee by the 
same Holy Spirit, to love and to relish 
what is right, and evermore to rejoice in 
His consolations. Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



At the End. 

if . Confirm, Lord, what thou hast 
wrought in us. 

R . From thy holy temple which is in 
Jerusalem. 

Our Father, Hail Mary. 

If . Mary, conceived without sin. 

B . Pray for us. 



RULES OF THE SODALITY. 



Synopsis of the Order of the ceremony of Con- 
secration in the Sodality of the Blessed 
Virgin Mary. 



I. Veni Creator sung by the whole Sodality or 
by the Choir, or the alternate verses recited 
by the Director and the Sodalists. 
II. Exhortation. 

III. Blessing of Medals for those to be consecrated. 

IV. Candidates advance to the altar. 

V. Candidates answer the interrogations address- 

ed to them by the Director. 

VI. Candidates repeat the Act of Consecration 

holding lighted candles in their hands. 

VII. Investiture of each Candidate with the Medal, 

and presentation of the Manual of the So- 
dality to each. 
VIII. Director reads the formula of Consecration 
from the altar, and continues "Confirma 
hoc Deus," &c. 

IX. The "Magnificat" is chanted or recited aloud 

by the whole Sodality. 
X. The Director declares the Plenary Indulgence 
attached to the Consecration, and the pray- 
ers (v. g., 5 Paters and Aves) to be said for 
the intentions of the Pope on account of 
the indulgence granted. 

XI. Benediction of the Most Holy Sacrament. 



SOLEMN KECEPTION. 



I. 

The Veni Creator is entoned by the Celebrant, 
and continued by the Choir, 



1. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest, 
And in our hearts take up Thy rest ; 
Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, 

||:To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. :J 

2. O Comforter, to Thee we crv : 

Thou heavenly Gift of God Most High ; 
Thou Fount of life and Fire of love, 
|| : And sweet anointing from above. :|| 

3. O Holy Ghost, thro' Thee alone, 
Know we the Father and the Son : 
Be this our never-changing creed, 

|| : That Thou dost from them both proceed. :| 

4. Praise we the Father and the Son, M 
And Holy Spirit with them One ; 

And may the Son on us bestow 
|| : The gifts that from the Spirit flow. :|| 

II. 

Here follows the Exhortation. 



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RECEPTION. 



III. 

THE BLESSING OF THE MEDALS. 



if. Adjutorium nos- 
trum in nomine Domini. 

R. Qui fecit coelum 
et terram. 

if. Domine exaudi 
orationem me am. 

R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat. 

if. Dominus vobis- 
cum. 

R. Et cum spiritu 
tuo. 

Oremus. 

QMNIPOTENS sempi- 
terne Deus, qui sanc- 
torum tuorum imagines 
(sive effigies) sculpi aut 
pingi non reprobas, ut 
quoties illas oculis corpo- 
ris intuemur,totieseorum 
actus et sanctitatem ad 
imitandum memorise ocu- 
lis meditemur ; has quses- 
umus, imagines in honor- 
em et memoriam beatissi- 
mss Virginis Marise, Ma- 
tris Domini nostri Jesu 
Christi, adaptatas bene>J< 
dicere et sancti fi care 
digneris, et praesta, ut 
quicumque coram illis 



UT. Our help is in the 
name of the Lord. 

R. Who made hea- 
ven and earth. 

if. O Lord, hear my 
prayer. 

R. And let my sup- 
plication come unto Thee 

if. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And with thy 
spirit. 

Let us Pray. 

^LMIGHTY and eter- 
nal God, who hast 
permitted the images of 
thy saints to be sculp- 
tured or painted in order 
that beholding them 
every day with oui cor- 
poral eyes, and medita- 
ting upon their actions 
and sanctity, w r e may 
be lead to imitate their 
virtues, deign to bless and 
to sanctify these medals 
which have been made 
in honor and commemo- 
ration of the Most Blessed 
Virgin Mary, Mother of 
Our Lord Jesus Christ, 



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beatissimam Virginem and grant that whoever 

suppliciter colere et ho- humbly invokes the Bless- 

norare studuerint illius ed Virgin before them 

mentis et obtentu a te may obtain through her 

gratiam in prassenti et merits grace in this pres- 

a?ternamgloriara obtineat ent life and eternal glory 

in futurum. Per Christ- in the life to come, 

um Dominum nostrum. Through Christ our Lord. 

R. Amen. R. Amen. 

Here the Medals are sprinkled with Holy Water. 
IV. 

Then the Candidates are called forward in 
the following words : 

For the greater praise and glory of 
the Most Holy Trinity, for the honor of 
the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, conceived 
without sin, our Mother and our Patron- 
ess, for the increase of our Sodality, let 
those who wish to be admitted come 
forward. 

When at the rail the Celebrant says : 

Do you desire to be received into this 
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and 
to devote yourselves wholly herein to our 
Saviour Jesus Christ, under the protec- 
tion of the most glorious Virgin Mary 
your Mother ? 



30 



RECEPTION. 



Candidates. — We desire it with all 
our hearts. 

Celebrant. — Do you sincerely purpose 
to endeavor, by your devotion in this So- 
dality, to promote love for piety, to in- 
crease fraternal charity, and by your 
good example to give edification to your 
neighbor ? 

Candidates.- — We desire it. 

Celebrant. — Do you promise to observe 
the rules of the Sociality, to pay filial 
respect to the Directors, and to be prompt- 
ly' obedient to them in all that regards 
the Sodality ? 

Candidates. —We promise. 

Celebrant. — And for how long a period 
will you observe your present promises ? 

Candidates. — We will observe them 
forever. 

Celebrant. — Dearly beloved, this your 
desire is most acceptable to the Blessed 
Virgin, most beneficial to yourselves, and 
most important. By being devout ser- 
vants and clients of the most holy Mother 
of God, you may expect through her inter- 
cession to receive many heavenly favors. 



RECEPTION. 



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For this most holy Mother assists those 
who invoke her, shelters them by her 
protection in the dangers, anxieties and 
miseries of this life, and in the hour of 
death never abandons those who are truly 
devout to her. That you also may ex- 
perience this her powerful protection, 
endeavor that your conduct and your 
whole life may prove that you have been 
numbered amongst her children. And 
that you may more faithfully fulfill what 
you now promise, make solemnly at the 
feet of your most holy Mother, in pres- 
ence of the whole Sodality, your Act of 
Consecration. 

V. 

Each Candidate, holding a lighted candle in his 
(her) hand, here recites the Act of Consecration in 
a clear, audible voice. 

ACT OF CONSECRATION. 

<\Holy Mary, Mother of God, and ever 
Immaculate Virgin, I [JV.] choose thee 
this day for my Queen, my Patroness, my 
Advocate, and my tender Mother. I 
make a firm and inviolable resolution 
never to do or to say anything contrary 



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DECEPTION. 



to thy service, and never to permit those 
who depend on me to transgress in any- 
way the honor which is due unto thee. 
I conjure thee to receive me for thy 
child, now and forever, to assist me in 
all my actions, and not to abandon me 
at the hour of my death. Amen/' 

When the Act of Consecration has been recited, 
the Celebrant gives a medal, already blessed, and a 
Manual of the Sodality to each Candidate, saying : 

Receive this medal and manual of the 
Blessed Virgin Mary as a safeguard and 
defence for your body and soul, that, by 
the grace of the Divine goodness, and 
the assistance of Mary, your Mother, you 
may deserve to obtain eternal happiness ; 
in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Then he adds, turning towards the new members: 

To the greater glory of God, and to 
the honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 
and for the spiritual good of this Sodal- 
ity, and by the power granted me by our 
most Holy Father the Pope [N. N.] I, 
[N. N.] Director for the time being of 
this Sodality, receive you [N. iV], into 



RECEPTION. 



the number of the members of our Sodal- 
ity, erected under the title of the ( * * 
* ), and render you sharers and 
declare you partakers of all the graces 
and fruits, privileges, and indulgences 
which the Holy Roman Church has grant- 
ed to the Primary Sodality at Rome to 
which ours has been canonically affili- 
ated : In the name of the Father 9& and 
of the Son * and of the Holy SB Ghost. 
Amen. 

May Christ receive you into the num- 
ber of our brethern and His servants. 
May He give you grace to lead a holy 
life, opportunity to do good, and con- 
stancy to persevere therein, that you may 
arrive happily at the inheritance of life 
eternal. And as fraternal charity unites 
us this day spiritually on earth, may the 
Divine goodness, who is the author and 
lover of charity, vouchsafe to admit us 
among the saints in heaven. Through 
the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 

V. Confirm, Lord, what Thou hast 
wrought in us. 

R . From thy holy temple which is in 
Jerusalem. 



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. Save thy servants. 
B . Who hope in Thee, my God. 
^. Send them help from thy holy 
place. 

R . And from Sion protect them. 
^. Lord hear my prayer. 

R . And let my supplication come unto 
Thee. 

lfr . The Lord be with you. 
R . And with thy spirit. 

Let us Pray. 

Hear, Lord, our supplications, and 
deign to bless these thy servants whom 
we have received into the Sodality 
of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary ; and 
grant that by the aid of thy grace they 
may observe our rules, living holily and 
piously, and may by observing them 
merit eternal life. Amen. 

The ceremony concludes with the Benediction. 



ORDER OF WEEKLY EXERCISES. 



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Order of AVeekly Exercises. 

1. Come Holy Grhost, Creator Blest. 
Page 27. Or Litany of the blessed Vir- 
gin. Page 90. 

2. Announcements. 

3. Instruction. 

4. Open, Lord, our mouths. 

5. Office. 

6. May all praise. 

7. Hymn. 

8. Benediction. Page 88. 

Prayer before Office. 

Open, Lord, our mouths to bless 
Thy holy Name, cleanse our hearts from 
all vain and distracting thoughts, en- 
lighten our understandings, inflame our 
wills that we may worthily perform this 
holy Office with attention and devotion, 
and may deserve to be heard in the pres- 
ence of Thy Divine Majesty, who with 
the Father and Holy Grhost, livest and 
reignest, one God, world without end. 
Amen, 

We offer up this holy Office and unite 
our intentions with those of Jesus Christ, 



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ORDER Of WEEKLY EXERCISES. 



Thy Son, who, whilst on earth, rendered 
Thee a most acceptable homage of divine 
praise. 

Prayer after Office. 

May all praise, honor, power and 
glory be rendered by all creatures to the 
most holy and undivided Trinity, to the 
sacred humanity of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, to the fruitful integrity of the 
most blessed and glorious Virgin Mary, 
and to all the Saints in general ; and 
may we obtain the remission of all our 
sins through endless ages. Amen. 

if . Blessed is the womb of the Virgin 
Mary which has borne the Son of the 
Eternal Father. 

B . And blessed are the breasts which 
have nourished Christ our Lord. 

Our Father, Hail Mary. 



VESPERS. 



Hail Mary, &c. 

y . God, come to ray assistance. 

R . Lord, make haste to help me. 

y . Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 

R . As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

Alleluia. Or: (Praise be to thee, 
Lord, King of eternal glory. From 
Septuagesima to Easter instead of Alle- 
luia. ) 

Ant. While the king. 
Ant (In Advent.) The Angel Ga- 
briel. 

Psalm cix. 

The Lord said to my Lord ; Sit thou 
at my right hand • 

Until I make thy enemies my foot- 
stool. 

The Lord will send forth the sceptre 
of thy power out of Sion : rule, thou in 
the midst of thy enemies. 



SB 



VESPEKS. 



With thee is the principality in the 
day of thy strength ; in the brightness 
of the saints : from the womb before 
the day-star I begot thee. 

The Lord hath sworn, and he will not 
repent : Thou art a priest forever accord- 
ing to the order of Melchisedech. 

The Lord at my right hand hath brok- 
en kings in the day of his wrath. 

He shall judge among nations, he shall 
fill ruins : he shall crush the heads in 
the land of many. 

He shall drink of the torrent in the 
way : therefore shall he lift up his head. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

Ant. While the king was at his re- 
pose, my spikenard sent forth its or dor. 

Ant, (In Advent.) The angel Gabriel 
was sent to Mary, a virgin espoused to 
Joseph. 

Ant. His left hand. (In Advent.) 
Hail Mary. 

Psalm cxii. 

Praise the Lord, ye children : praise 
ye the name of the Lord. 

Blessed be the name of the Lord from 
henceforth now and forever. 



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From the rising of the sun unto the 
going clown of the same, the name of 
the Lord is worthy of praise. N 

The Lord is high above all nations : 
and his glory above the heavens. 

Who is as the Lord our God who 
dwelleth on high : and looketh down on 
the low things in heaven and on earth? 

Raising up the needy from the earth, 
and lifting up the poor from the dung- 
hill : 

That he may place him with princes, 
with the princes of his people, 

Who maketh the barren woman to 
dwell in a house, the joyful mother of 
children. 

G-lory be to the Father, &c. 

Ant. His left hand is under my head 
and his right hand shall embrace me. 

Ant. (In Advent. ) Hail Mary, full of 
grace, the Lord is with thee ; blessed 
art thou among women. Alleluia. 

Ant, I am black but beautiful. 

Ant. (In Advent.) Fear not, Mary. 

Psalm cxxi. 
I rejoiced at the things that were said 



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VESPERS. 



to me : we shall go into the house of the 
Lord. 

Our feet were standing in thy courts, 
Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem, which is built as a city, 
which is compact together. 

For thither did the tribes go up, the 
tribes of the Lord ; the testimony of 
Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. 

Because there seats have sat in judg- 
ment, seats upon the house of David. 

Pray ye for the things that are for the 
peace of Jerusalem : and abundance for 
them that love thee. 

Let peace be in thy strength : and 
abundance in thy towers. 

For the sake of my brethren and of 
my neighbors, I spoke peace of thee. 

Because of the house of the Lord our 
God, I have sought good things for thee. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

Ant. I am black but beautiful, ye 
daughters of Jerusalem ! therefore the 
king hath loved me, and brought me into 
his house. 

Ant. (In Advent.) Fear not, Mary ; 
for thou hast found grace with God ; 



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behold, thou shalt conceive, and bring 
forth a Son. Alleluia. 

Ant. Winter is now past. 

Ant. (In Advent.) The Lord. 

Psalm cxxvi. 

Unless the Lord build the house^ they 
labor in vain that build it. 

Unless the Lord keep the city, he 
watcheth in vain that keepeth it. 

It is vain for you to rise before light : 
rise ye after you have sitten. you that 
eat the bread of sorrow, 

When he shall give sleep to his be- 
loved : behold, the inheritance of the 
Lord are children : the reward, the fruit 
of the womb. 

As arrows in the hand of the mighty, 
so the children of them that have been 
shaken. 

Blessed is the man that hath filled his 
desire with them ; he shall not be con- 
founded when he shall speak to his 
enemies in the gate. 

G-lorv be to the Father, &c. 

Ant. Winter is now past, the rain is 
over and gone ; arise, my love, and come. 



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VESPERS. 



Ant. (In Advent.) The Lord shall 
give unto him the throne of David his 
father ; and he shall reign forever. 
Alleluia. 

Ant. Thou art beautiful. 

Ant. (In Advent.) Behold the hand- 
maid. 

Psalm cxlvii. 

Praise the Lord, Jerusalem : praise 
thy God, Sion. 

Because he hath strengthened the 
bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy 
children within thee. 

Who hath placed peace in thy bor- 
ders : and filleth thee with fat of corn. 

Who sendeth forth his speech to the 
earth : his word runneth swiftly. 

Who giveth snow like wool : scat- 
tereth mists like ashes. 

He sendeth his crystal like morsels : 
who shall stand before the face of his 
cold ? 

He shall send out his word, and shall 
melt them : his wind shall blow, and 
the waters shall run. 

Who declareth his word to Jacob : his 
justices and his judgments to Israel. 



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He hath not done in like manner to 
every nation : and his judgments he hath 
not made manifest to them. Alleluia. 

Glory he to the Father, (Sre. 

Ant. Thou art beautiful and sweet in 
thy delights, holy Mother of God ! 

Ant. (In Advent.) Behold the hand- 
maid of the Lord be it done to me ac- 
cording to thy word. 

Chapter. Eccl. xxiv. 

From the beginning, and before the 
world, was I created, and unto the world 
to come I shall not cease to be, and in 
the holy dwelling-place I have ministered 
before him. 

R . Thanks be to God. 

(In Advent) 

Chapter. Isaias xi. 

There shall come forth a rod out of 
the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise 
up out of his root. And the spirit of 
the Lord shall rest upon him. 

B . Thanks be to God. 



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VESPEBS. 



Ave Maris Stella. 



Ave Maris stella, 
Dei Mater alma, 
Atque semper virgo, 
Felix coeli porta. 

Sum ens illud Ave. 
Gabrielis ore, 
Funda nos in pace, 
MutansEvae nomen. 

Solve vincla reis, 
Profer lumen coecis, 
Mala nostra pelie, 
Bona cuncta posce. 

Monstra te esse matrem, 
Sumat per te preces. 
Qui pro nobis natus, 
Tulit esse tuus. 

Virgo singularis, 
Inter omnes mitis, 
Nos culpis solutos, 
Mites fac et eastos. 

Vitam prsesta puram, 
Iter para tutum, 
Ut videntes Jesum, 
Semper collsetemur. 

Sit laus Deo Patri, 
Summo Christo decus, 
Spiritui Sancto, 
Tribus honor unus. 

Amen. 



Hail, thou star of ocean ! 

Portal of the sky ! 
Ever Virgin Mother 

Of the Lord most high ! 
Oh, by Gabriel's Ave, 

Utter' d long ago, 
Eva's name reversing, 

'Stablish peace below ; 
Break the captive'sfetters! 

Light on blindness pour 
All our ills expelling, 

Every bliss implore. 
Show thyself a Mother ; 

Offer Him our sighs, 
Who for us incarnate, 

Did not thee despise. 
Virgin of all virgins ! 

To thy shelter take us ; 
Gentlest of the gentle ! 

Chaste and gentle make 

• us. 

Still as on we journey, 
Help our weak endeav- 
our; 

Till with thee and Jesus, 
We rejoice forever. 

Thro' the highest heaven, 
To the Almighty Three, 

Father, Son and Spirit, 
One same glory be. 

Amen. 



t . Grace is poured abroad in thy 
lips. 



VESPERS, 



R . Therefore hath God blessed thee 
forever. 

Ant. blessed Mother. 

Ant. (In Advent.) The Holy Ghost. 

The Magnificat ; or, Canticle to the 
Blessed Virgin. 



Magnificat: * anima 
mea Dotninum. 

Et exultavit spirit us 
meus : * in Deo salutari 
meo. 

Quia respexit huniili- 
tatem ancillse suae : * ecce 
enim ex hoc beatam me 
dicent omnes genent- 
tiones. 

Quia fecit mihi magna 
qui potens est : * et sanct- 
um nomen ejus. 

Et misericordia ejus a 
piogenie m progenies : * 
timentibus eum. 

Fecit potentiam in br«i- 
chio suo : i dispersit sup- 
per bos mente cordis sui. 



Deposuit potentes de 
sede: * et exaltavit hu- 
miles. 



1. My soul doth mag- 
nify the Lord. 

2. And my spirit hath 
rejoiced in God my Sav- 
iour. 

3. Because he hath re- 
garded the humility of 
his handmaid : for be- 
hold, from henceforth all 
generations shall call me 
blessed. 

4. For he that is mighty 
hath done great things to 
me : and holy is his 
name. 

5. And his mercy is 
from generation to gen- 
erations : to them that 
fear him. 

6. He hath showed 
might in his arm: he 
hath scattered the proud 
in the conceit of their 
heart. 

7. He hath put down 
the mighty from their 
seat: and hath exalted 
the humble. 



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VESPERS. 



Esurientes implevit bo- 
nis . * et divites dimisit 
inanes. 

Suscepit Israel puerum 
suum : * recordatus mis- 
ericordise suae. 

Sicut locutus est ad 
patres nostros; * Abra- 
ham, et semini ejus in 
saecula, 

Gloria Patri, et Filio, 
* et Spiritui Sancto. 

Sicut erat in principio, 
et nunc, et semper, * et in 
ssecula saeculorum. 

Amen. 



8. He hath filled the 
hungry with good things : 
and the rich he hath sent 
away empty. 

9. He hath received his 
servant Israel : being 
mindful of his mercy. 

10. As he spoke to our 
fathers : to Abraham and 
to his seed forever. 

Glory be to the Father, 
and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the begin- 
ning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 



Ant. blessed mother, and ever vir- 
gin, glorious queen of the world, make 
intercession for us to our Lord. 

Ant. (In Advent.) The Holy Ghost * 
shall come upon thee, Mary ! Fear 
not ; thou shalt conceive the Son of God. 
Alleluia. 

if . Lord, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come to thee. 

Let us Pray. 

Lord God ! we beseech thee, grant 
that we thy servants may enjoy per- 



VESPERS. 



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petual health of mind and body ; and 
that, by the glorious intercession of the 
ever blessed Virgin Mary, we may pass 
from this present sorrow to the enjoy- 
ment of everlasting gladness : through 
our Lord, &c. Amen. 

Prayer. 

(In Advent.) 

God, who wouldst have thy Word 
take flesh in the womb of the blessed 
Virgin Mary, according to the declara- 
tion of the Angel, grant us, thy sup- 
pliants, that we, who truly believe her 
to be the Mother of God, may find favor 
with thee, by her intercession : through 
the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Commemoration of the Saints. 

Ant. All ye Saints of God, vouchsafe 
to make intercession for our salvation 
and that of all. 

If . Be glad in the Lord and rejoice ye 
just. 

B . And glory all ye right of heart. 



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VESPERS. 



Let us Pray. 

Protect, Lord, thy people, and let 
the confidence we have in the interces- 
sion of thy blessed apostles Peter and 
Paul, and of thy other apostles, prevail 
with thee to preserve and defend us for- 
ever. May all thy Saints, Lord, we 
beseech thee, everywhere assist us, that 
whilst we celebrate their merits, we may 
be sensible of their protection. Grant 
us thy peace in our times, and repel all 
wickedness from thy Church ; prosper- 
ously guide the steps, actions and desires 
of us and all thy servants in the way of 
salvation ; give eternal blessings to those 
who have done good to us, and everlasting 
rest to the faithful departed ; through 
the Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son. Amen. 

Commemoration op the Saints. 

{In Advent.) 

Ant. Behold, the Lord shall come, and 
all his Saints with him ; and there shall 
be a great light in that day. Alleluia. 

if . Behold, the Lord shall appear on 
a white cloud. 

R . And with him thousands of saints. 



VESPERS. 



4? 



Let us Pray, 

Purify our consciences, we beseech thee, 
Lord, by thy visit ; that, when our 
Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son cometh with 
all his saints, he may find in us a dwell- 
ing prepared for him : who, with thee 
and the Holy Ghost, &c. Amen. 

if . Lord, hear my prayer. 

B . And let my cry come to thee. 

if . Let us bless the Lord. 

R . Thanks be to G-od. 

if . May the souls of the faithful de- 
parted, through the mercy of God, rest 
in peace. 

B . Amen. 



COMPLINE. 



Hail Mary. 

Convert us, Gk>d, our Saviour. 
B . And turn off thy anger from us. 
^ . God, come to my assistance. 
R . Lord, make haste to help me. 
Glory be to the Father, &c. 

Psalm cxxviii. 

Often have they fought against me 
from my youth : let Israel now say. 

Often have they fought against me 
from my youth : but they could not pre- 
vail over me. 

The wicked have wrought upon my 
back, they have lengthened their in- 
iquity. 

The Lord who is just will cut the 
necks of sinners : let them all be con- 
founded and turned back, that hate Sion. 

Let them be as grass upon the tops of 
houses, which withereth before it be 
plucked up. 

Wherewith the mower filleth not his 



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hand, nor he that gathereth sheaves, 
his bosom. 

And they that passed by have hot 
said : The blessing of the Lord be upon 
you : we have blessed you in the name 
of the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

Psalm cxxix. 

Out of the depths I have cried to thee, 
Lord : Lord, hear my voice. 

Let thy ears be attentive to the voice 
of my supplication. 

If thou, Lord, wilt mark iniquities : 
Lord, w r ho shall stand it ? 

For with thee there is merciful forgive- 
ness and by reason of thy law, I have 
waited for thee, Lord. 

My soul hath relied on his word ; my 
soul hath hoped in the Lord. 

From the morning watch even until 
night, let Israel hope in the Lord. 

Because with the Lord there is mercy ; 
and with him plentiful redemption. 

And he shall redeem Israel from all 
his iniquities. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. * 



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COMPLINE. 



Psalm cxxx. 

Lord, my heart is not exalted : nor 
are my eyes lofty. 

Neither have I walked in great mat- 
ters, nor in wonderful things above me. 

If I was not humble minded, but ex- 
halted my soul : 

As a child that is weaned is towards 
his mother, so reward in my soul. 

Let Israel hope in the Lord, from 
henceforth now and forever. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

Hymn. 

Remember, O Creator Lord ! 

That in the Virgin's sacred womb, 
Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh, 

Didst our mortality assume. 
Mother of Grace, O Mary blest ! 

To thee, sweet fount of love we fly ; 
Shield us through life, and take us hence, 

To thy dear bosom when we die. 
O Jesus ! born of Virgin bright, 

Immortal glory be to thee ; 
Praise to the Father infinite, 

And Holy Ghost eternally. 

Chapter. Eccles. xxiv. 
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fear, and of knowledge, and of holy 
hope. 

R . Thanks be to God. 
V. Pray for us, Mother of God. 
t R . That we may be made worthy of 
the promises of Christ. 

(M Advent.) 

Chapter. Isaias vii. 

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and 
hear a son, and his name shall be called 
Emmanuel, He shall eat butter and 
honey, that he may know to refuse the 
evil, and to choose the good. 

R . Thanks be to God, 

V. The angel of the Lord declared 
unto Mary. 

R . And she was conceived of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Ant Under thy protection. 

Ant (In Advent.) The Holy Ghost, 

Canticle of Simeon. Luke ii. 

Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, 
Lord, according to thy word, in peace. 



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Because my eyes have seen thy salvation , 

Which thou, hast prepared before the 
face of all people : 

A light to the revelation of the gen- 
tiles and the glory of thy people Israel. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

Ant. Under thy protection we take 
our refuge, .0 holy Mother of God ! de- 
spise not our petitions in our necessities 
but ever deliver us from all dangers, 
glorious and blessed Virgin ! 

Lord have mercy on us. Christ have 
mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us. 

if ... Lord, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come to thee. 

Let us Pray. 

We beseech thee, Lord, that the 
glorious intercession of our ever blessed 
and glorious Virgin Mary may protect 
us, and bring us to life everlasting, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, 
who, &c. R . Amen. 

Ant. (In Advent.) The Holy Grhost 
shall come upon thee, Mary ! Fear 
not ; thou shalt conceive the Son of 
Grod. Alleluia. 



COMPLINE. 55 

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have 
mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. 
V . Lord, hear my prayer. 
R . And let my cry come to thee. 

Let us Pray. 

God, who wouldst have thy Word 
take flesh in the womb of the blessed 
Virgin Mary, according to the declara- 
tion of the Angel, grant us. thy sup- 
pliants, that we, who truly believe her 
to be the Mother of God, may find favor 
with thee by her intercession : through 
the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, our 
Lord,- who, with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God, 
world without end. Amen. 

if . Lord, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come to thee. 

y . Let us bless the Lord. 

R . Thanks be to God. 

Blessixg. 

May the almighty and merciful Lord, 
Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost, bless 
and keep us. R . Amen. 



56 COMPLINE. 

Anthem from the first Sunday of Advent to the 
Purification , inclusive. 

Mother of Christ ! hear thou thy peo- 
ple's cry, 

Star of the deep, and Portal of the Sky ! 
Mother of him who thee from nothing 

made, 

Sinking we strive, and call to thee for 
aid. 

0, by that joy which G-abriel brought to 
thee, 

Thou Virgin first and last, let us thy 
mercy see. 

In Advent. 

if . The Angel of the Lord declared 
unto Mary. 

K . And she was conceived of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Let us Pray. 

Pour forth, Ave beseech thee, Lord, 
thy grace into our hearts, that we, to 
whom the incarnation of Christ, thy 
Son, was made known by the message of 
an angel, may, by his passion and cross, 
be brought to the glory of his resurrec- 
tion : through the same Christ, our 
Lord. R . Amen. 



COMPLtNE. 



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After Advent. 

V , After childbirth, Virgin, thou 
didst remain inviolate. 

R . Mother of God, make intercession 
for us. 

Let us Pray, 

God. who, by the fruitful virginity 
of the blessed Virgin Mary, hast given 
to mankind the rewards of eternal sal- 
vation, grant, we beseech thee, that we 
may be sensible of the benefits of her 
intercession by whom we have received 
the Author of life, our Lord Jesus 
Christ, thy Son. R. Amen. 

From the Purification till Easter. 

Hail, Queen of heav'n enthroned ! 
Hail, by angels mistress own'd ! 
Boot of Jesse ! Grate of morn ! 
Whence the world's true light was born : 
Glorious Virgin, joy to thee. 
Loveliest whom in heaven they see. 
Fairest thou where all are fair ! 
Plead with Christ our sins to spare. 

y . Vouchsafe, sacred Virgin, to ac- 
cept my praises. 



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COMPLINE. 



R . Grive me power against thy en- 
emies. 

Let us Pray. 

G-rant us, merciful God, strength 
against all our weakness ; that we, who 
celebrate the memory of the Holy Mother 
of G-od, may, by the help of her inter- 
cession, rise again from our iniquities : 
through the same Christ, our Lord. 

R . Amen. 

From Easter to Trinity Eve. 

J oy to thee, Queen of heaven ! Alleluia. 
He whom thou wast meet to bear ; Al- 
leluia. 

As he promised, hath arisen ; Alleluia. 
Pour for us to him thy prayer ; Alleluia. 

if. Kejoice and be glad, Virgin 
Mary. Alleluia. 

R . Because our Lord is truly risen. 
Alleluia, 

Let us Pray. 

God, who, by the resurrection of thy 
Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, hast been 
pleased to fill the world with joy, grant, 
we beseech thee that by the Virgin Mary, 



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his Mother, we may receive the joys of 
eternal life : through the same Christ, 
our Lord. R . Amen. 

From Trinity Sunday to Advent. 

Hail ! Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, 
our life, our sweetness, and our hope ! 
To thee do we cry, poor banished children 
of Eve ; to thee do we send up our sighs, 
mourning and weeping in this valley of 
tears ! Turn, then, most gracious Ad- 
vocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us, 
and after this, our exile, show unto us 
the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. 
clement, loving, sweet Virgin 
Mary: 

t . Pray for us, holy Mother of God ! 
R . That we may be made worthy of 
the promises of Christ. 

Let us Pray. 

Almighty and eternal God, who by 
the co-operation of the Holy Ghost, 
didst prepare the body and soul of the 
glorious Virgin Mother, Mary, that she 
might become a worthy habitation for 
thy Son, grant that, as with joy we cele- 
brate her memory, so by her pious 



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intercession we may be delivered from 
present evils and eternal death : through 
the same Christ, our Lord. R . Amen. 

if . May the divine assistance always 
remain with us. 

R . Amen. 



OFFICE FOE THE DEAD. 



RECITED ONCE A MONTH BY THE SODALISTS. 



VESPERS. 
Ant. I will please. 

Psalm cxiv. 

I have loved, because the Lord will 
hear the voice of my prayer. 

Because he hath inclined his ear unto 
me, and in my days I will call upon him. 

The sorrows of death have compassed 
me, and the perils of hell have found me. 

I met with trouble and sorrow ; and I 
called upon the name of the Lord. 

O.Lord, deliver my soul : the Lord is 
merciful and just, and our God showeth 
mercy, 

The Lord is the keeper of little ones : 
I was humbled and he delivered me. 

Turn, my soul, into thy rest : for 
the Lord hath been bountiful to thee. 

For he hath delivered my soul from 
death : my eyes from tears, my feet from 
falling, 



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VESPERS. 



I will please the Lord in the land of 
the living. 

Eternal rest grant to them, Lord. 

And let perpetual light shine upon 
them. 

A?it. I will please the Lord in the 
land of the living. 

Ant. Wo is me, Lord. 

Psalm cxix. 

In my trouble, I cried to the Lord ; 
and he heard me. 

Lord, deliver my soul from wicked 
lips, and a deceitful tongue. 

What shall be given to thee, or what 
shall be added to thee, to a deceitful 
tongue ? 

The sharp arrows of the mighty, with 
coals that lay waste. 

Wo is me, that my sojourning is pro- 
longed : I have dwelt with the inhab- 
itants of Cedar my soul hath been long 
a sojourner. 

With them that hated peace I was 
peaceable : when I spoke to them they 
fought against me without cause. 

Eternal rest, &c. 



VESJP2RS. 



Ant. Wo is me, Lord, that my so- 
journing is prolonged. 

Ant. The Lord keepeth thee. 

Psalm cxx. 

I have lifted up my eyes to the 
mountains, whence help shall come to 
me. 

My help is from the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. 

May he not suffer thy foot to be moved 
neither let him slumber that keepeth thee . 

Behold, he shall neither slumber nor 
sleep, that keepeth Israel. 

The Lord is thy keeper : the Lord is 
thy protection upon the right hand. 

The sun shall not burn thee by day ; 
nor the moon by night, 

The Lord keepeth thee from all evil : 
may the Lord keep thy soul. 

May the Lord keep thy coming in and 
thy going out : from henceforth now and 
for ever. 

Eternal rest, &c. 

Ant The Lord keepeth thee from all 
evil : may the Lord keep thy soul. 
Ant. If thou, Lord. 



VESPERS. 



Psalm cxxix. 

Out of the depths I have cried to thee, 
Lord : Lord, hear my voice. 

Let thy ears be attentive to the voice 
of my supplication. 

If thou, Lord, wilt mark iniquities : 
Lord, who shall stand it ? 

For with thee there is merciful for- 
giveness : and by reason of thy law, I 
have waited for thee, Lord, 

My soul hath relied on his word : my 
soul hath hoped in the Lord. 

From the morning watch even until 
night let Israel hope in the Lord. 

Because with the Lord there is mercy : 
and with him plentiful redemption. 

And he shall redeem Israel from all 
his iniquities. 

Eternal rest, &c. 

Ant. If thou, Lord, wilt mark in- 
iquities. Lord, who shall stand it ? 
Ant. Despise not, Lord. 

Psalm cxxxvii. 

I will praise thee, Lord, with my 
whole heart : for thou hast heard the 
words of my mouth. 



VESPERS, 



65 



I will sing praise to thee in the sight 
of the angels : I will worship towards 
thy holy temple, and I will give glory 
to thy name : 

For thy mercy and for thy truth : for 
thou hast magnified thy holy name 
above all. 

In what day soever I shall call upon 
thee, hear me : thou shalt multiply 
strength in my soul, 

May all the kings of the ea.rth give 
glory to thee : for they have heard all 
the words of thy mouth, 

And let them sing in the ways of the 
Lord ; for great is the glory of the Lord, 

For the Lord is high, and looketh on the 
low : and the high he knoweth afar off. 

If I shall walk in the midst of tribu- 
lation, thou wilt quicken me ; and thou 
hast stretched forth thy hand against 
the wrath of my enemies : and thy right 
hand hath saved me. 

The Lord will repay for me ; thy 
mercy, Lord, endureth for ever : 
despise not the works of thy hands. 

Eternal rest, &c. 

Ant, Despise not, Lord, the works 
of thy hands, 



66 VJSPERS. 

^ . I heard a voice from heaven saying 
to me : 

B . Blessed are the dead who die in 
the Lord. 

Ant . All that the Father giveth me. 

My soul doth magnify the Lord. 

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God 
my Saviour. 

Because he hath regarded the humility 
of his handmaid : for behold, from hence- 
forth all generations shall call me blessed. 

For he that is mighty hath done great 
things to me : and holy is his name. 

And his mercy is from generation to 
generations to them that fear him. 

He hath showed might in his arm : he 
hath scattered the proud in the conceit 
of their heart. 

He hath put down the mighty from 
their seat ; and hath exalted the humble. 

He hath filled the hungry with good 
things ; and the rich he hath sent empty 
away. 

He hath received Israel his servant ; 
being mindful of his mercy. 

As he spoke to our fathers ; to Abra- 
ham and to his seed forever. 

Eternal rest, &c. 



VESPERS 



67 



Ant. All that the Father giveth me 
shall come to me ; and him that cometh 
to me I will not cast out. 

The following prayers are said kneeling. 
Our Father, &c, in silence. 
V. And lead us not into temptation. 
R . But deliver us from evil" 

Psalm cxlv. 

Praise the Lord, my soul : in my 
life I will praise the Lord : I will sing 
to my God as long as I shall be. 

Put not your trust in princes, in the 
children of men, in whom there is no 
salvation. 

His spirit shall go forth ; and he shall 
return into his earth : in that day all 
their thoughts shall perish. 

Blessed is he who hath the God of 
Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in 
the Lord his God : who made heaven 
and earth, the sea, and all things that 
are in them. 

Who keepeth truth for ever ; who ex- 
ecuteth judgment for them that suffer 
wrong ; who giveth food to the hungry. 



68 



VESPERS. 



The Lord looseth them that are fet- 
tered ; the Lord enlighteneth the blind. 

The Lord lifteth up them that are 
cast down : the Lord loveth the just. 

The Lord keepeth the strangers : he 
will support the fatherless and the 
widow : and the ways of sinners he will 
destroy. 

The Lord shall reign forever : thy 
God, Sion, unto generation and gen- 
eration. 

Eternal rest, &c. 

t . From the gate of hell. 

R . Deliver their Souls, Lord. 

if . May they rest in peace. 

R . Amen. 

. Lord, hear my prayer. 
R . And let my cry come to thee. 
if . The Lord be with you. 
R . And with thy spirit. 

Prayer said after the decease of a Socialist. 

Absolve, we beseech thee, Lord, the 
soul of thy servant, \_N.~] that being 
dead to the world, he (or she) may live 
to thee ; and whatever he (or she) has 



VESPERS, 



69 



committed through human frailty, do 
thou wipe away by the pardon of thy 
most merciful goodness : through our 
Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who livest 
and reignest with thee in the unity of 
the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. 
R . Amen. 

For a Father and Mother deceased. 

God, who hast commanded us to 
honor our father and mother, have com- 
passion, in thy mercy, on the souls of 
my father and mother, and forgive them 
their sins, and grant that we may meet 
in the joy of eternal bliss : through, &e. 

For Sodalists deceased. 

Incline, Lord, thy ear to my pray- 
ers, in which we humbly beseech thy 
mercy, that thou wouldst place the souls 
of thy servants, which thou hast caused 
to depart from this world, in the region 
of peace and light, and unit'e them in 
the fellowship of thy saints: through, &c. 

For Brethren, Relations, and Benefactors. 

God, the giver of pardon, and lover 
of human salvation, we beseech thy 
clemency to grant that the brethren, 



70 



VESPERS. 



relations, and benefactors of our con- 
gregation, who have departed this life, 
may, by the intercession of the blessed 
Mary, ever virgin, and of all thy saints, 
attain to the fellowship of eternal beati- 
tude, through, &c. 

For all the faithful departed. 

God, the creator and redeemer of 
all the faithful, grant to the souls of 
thy servants departed, the remission of 
all their sins : that, through pious sup- 
plications, they may obtain the pardon 
which they have always desired : who 
livSst and reignest with God the Father, 
in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one 
God, world without end. 

R . Amen. 

if. Eternal rest grant to them, 
Lord. 

R . And ' let perpetual light shine 
upon them. 

if . May they rest in peace. 
R . Amen. 



THE LITTLE OFFICE 

OF THE 

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. 



At Matins. 

Come, my lips, and wide proclaim, 

The blessed Virgin's spotless fame. 

^ . Lady, make speed to befriend me. 

R . From the hands of the enemy 
mightily defend me. 

y . Glory be to the Father, &c. Alle- 
luia. 

From Septuagesima to Easter, mstead of Alleluia 
is said : 

Praise be to thee, Lord, King of 
everlasting glory. 

Hymn. 

Hail, Queen of the heavens ! 

Hail, Mistress of earth ! 
Hail, Virgin most pure, 

Of Immaculate birth ! 

Clear star of the morning, 
* In beauty enshrined ! 
O Bady ^make speed • - , ? 
To the help of mankind. 



72 



MATINS. 



Thee, God in the depth 

Of eternity chose ; 
And formed thee all fair 

As His glorious Spouse ; 
And called thee His Word's 

Own Mother to be, 
By whom He created 

The earth, sky, and sea. Amen. 

if . God elected her, and pre-elected 
her. 

R . He made her to dwell in his taber- 
nacle. 

if . O Lady, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come unto thee. 

Let us Pray. 

Holy Mary, Queen of heaven, Mother 
of our Lord Jesus Christ and Mistress of 
the world, who forsaketh no one and 
despisest no one ; look upon me, Lady, 
with an eye of pity, and entreat for me 
of thy beloved Son, the forgiveness of all 
my sins ; that as I now celebrate with 
devout affection thy holy and Immacu- 
late Conception, so, hereafter, I may re- 
ceive the prize of eternal blessedness, 
by the grace of Him whom thou, in vir- 
ginity, didst bring forth, Jesus Christ 
our Lord ; who with the Father and the 



PRIME, 73 

Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth. in per- 
fect Trinity, one God. world without 



end. 


Amen. 


t . 


Ladyj hear my prayer. 


B . 


And let my cry come unto thee. 


t. 


Let us bless the Lord. 


B . 


Thanks be to God. 


t. 


Mav the souls of the faithful 



- departed, through the mercy of God. rest 
in peace. 



B. Amen. 

At Prime. 

if . O Lady, make speed to befriend 
me. 

B . From the hands of the enemy 
mightily defend me. 

t. Glory be to the Father. &c. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

Hail, Virgin most wise ! 

Hail. Deity's shrine ! 
With seven fail' pillars, 

And table divine ! 
Preserved from the guilt 

Which hath come on us all ! 
Exempt in the womb, 

From the taint of the fall ! 



^4 



PRIME. 



O, new star of Jacob ! 

Of Angels the Queen, 
O, gate of the Saints ! 

O, Mother of men ! 

To Zabulon fearful, 

The embattled array ! 
Be thou of the faithful, 

The refuge and stay. Amen. 

The Lord himself created her in 
the Holy Ghost. 

R . And poured her out among all his 
works. 

if . Lady, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come unto thee. 

Let us Pray. 

Holy Mary. Queen of heaven, Mother 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress 
of the world, who forsakest no one and 
despisest no one ; look upon me, 
Lady, with an eye of pity, and entreat 
for me of thy beloved Son, the forgiveness 
of all my sins ; that as I now celebrate 
with devout affection thy holy and Im- 
maculate Conception, so, hereafter, I 
may receive the prize of eternal blessed- 
ness, by the grace of Him, whom thou, 
in virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus 
Christ our Lord ; who with the Father 



TIERCE, 



75 



and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth 
in perfect trinity, one God ; world without 
end. Amen. 

if . Lady, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come unto thee. 

if . Let us bless the Lord. 

R . Thanks be to God. 

\ r . May the souls of the faithful 
departed, through the mercy of God ? rest 
in peace. 

R . Amen. 

At Tierce. 

if . Lady, make speed to befriend 
me. 

R . From the hands of the enemy 
mightily defend me. 

t. Glory be to the Father, &c. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

Hail, Solomon's throne, 

Pure ark of the law, 
Fair rainbow and bush, 

Which the Patriarch saw. 
Hail, Gideon's fleece ! 

Hail, blossoming rod ! 
Sampson's sweet honey -comb ; 

Portal of God ! 



76 



TIERCE. 



Well fitting it -was, 

That a Son so divine, 
Should preserve from all touch 

Of original sin. 

Nor suffer by smallest 

Defect to be stained, 
That Mother, whom He 

For Himself had ordained. Amen. 

if . I dwell in the highest. 
R . And my throne is on the pillar of 
the clouds. 

if . O Lady, hear my prayer. 

B . And let my cry come unto thee. 

Let us Pray. 

Holy Mary, Queen of heaven,. Mother 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress 
of the world, who forsakest no one and 
despisest no one ; look upon me, 
Lady, with an eye of pity, and entreat 
for me, of thy beloved Son, the forgive- 
ness of all my sins ; that as I now cele- 
brate with devout affection thy holy and 
Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I 
may receive the prize of eternal blessed- 
ness, by the grace of Him, whom thou 
in virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus 
Christ our Lord ; who, with the Father, 



SETX, 



and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, 
in perfect Trinity, one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

^. Lady, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come unto thee. 

V . Let us bless the Lord. 

R . Thanks be to God. ' - 

T0\ May the souls of the faithful 
departed, through the mercy of God, rest 
in peace. 

R . Amen. 

At Sext, 

V , O Lady, make speed to befriend 
me, 

R . From the hands of the enemy 
mightily defend me, 

t. Glory be to the Father, &c. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

Hail, virginal Mother ! 

Hail, purity's cell ! 
Fair shrine where the Trinity, 

Loveth to dwell ! 

Hail, garden of pleasure ! 

Celestial balm ! 
Cedar of chastity ! 

Martyrdom's palm ! 



7 b 



Thou land set apart 

From uses profane, 
And free from the curse, 

Which in Adam began ! 

Thou city of God ! 

Thou gate of the east ! 
In Thee is all grace, 

O joy of the blest ! Amen. 

y . As, the lily among the thorns. 
R . So is my beloved among the 
daughters of Adam. 

if . Lady, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come unto thee, 

Let us Pray, 

Holy Mary, Queen of heaven, Mother 
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress 
of the world, who forsakest no one and 
despisest no one ; look upon me, 
Lady, with an eye of* pity, and entreat 
for me, of thy beloved Son, the forgive- 
ness of all my sins ; that as I now cele- 
brate with devout affection thy holy and 
Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I 
may receive the prize of eternal blessed- 
ness, by the grace of Him, whom thou, 
in virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus 
Christ our Lord ; who with the Father 
and the Holy Grhost, liveth and reigneth 



in perfect Trinity, one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

Y . Lady, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come unto thee. 

ifr . Let us bless the Lord. 

R . Thanks be to Gocl. 

if. May the souls of the faithful 
departed, through the mercy of God, rest 
in peace, 

R . Amen. 

At None, 

if . O Lady, make speed to befriend me. 
R . From the hands of the enemy 
mightily defend me, 

t. Glory be to the Father, &c. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

Hail, city of refuge ! 

Hail, David's high tower ! 
With battlements crowned, 

And girded with power. 
Filled at thy conception, 

With love and with light ! 
The dragon by thee 

Was shorn of his might. 
O woman most valiant ! 

O Judith thrice blest ! 
As David was nursed 

In fair Absaig's breast. 



80 



NONE, 



As the Saviour of Egypt 

Upon Rachel's knee, 
So the world's great Redeemer, 

Was cherished by thee. Amen. 

if , Thou art all fair, my beloved. 
R . And the original stain was never 
in thee. 

if , O Lady, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come unto thee. 

Let us Pray. 

Holy Mary, Queen of heaven, Mother 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress 
of the world, who forsakest no one and 
despisest no one ; look upon me, 
Lady, with an eye of pity, and entreat 
for me of thy beloved Son, the forgive- 
ness of all my sins ; that as I now cele- 
brate with devout affection thy holy and 
Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I 
may receive the prize of eternal blessed- 
ness, by the grace of Him, whom thou, 
in virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus 
Christ our Lord ; who with the Father 
and the Holy G-host, liveth and reigneth 
in perfect Trinity, God, world without 
end. Amen. 

if . 0. Lady, hear my prayer. 



VESPERS. 81 

R . And let my cry come unto thee. 
Let us bless the Lord. 

R . Thanks be to God. 

tf\ May the souls of the faithful 
departed, through the mercy of God, rest 
in peace. 

R . Amen. 

At Vespers. 

V . Lady, make speed to befriend me, 
R . From the hands of the enemy 
mightily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, &c. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

Hail, dial of Achaz ! 

On thee the true sun 
Told backward the course 

Which from old he had run. 
And, that man might be raised, 

Submitting to shame, 
A little more low 

Than the Angels became. 
Thou, wrapt in the blaze 

Of His infinite light, 
Dost shine as the morn 

On the confines of night, 
As the moon on the lost 

Through obscurity dawns ; 
The serpent's destroyer 

A lily 'mid thorns'! Amen. 



82 



VESPERS. 



if . Lady, hear my prayer. 

B . And let my cry come unto thee. 
Let us Peay. 

Holy Mary, Queen of heaven. Mother 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress 
of the world, who forsakest no one and 
despisest no one ; look upon me, 
Lady, with an eye of pity, and entreat 
for me of thy beloved Son, the forgive- 
ness of all my sins ; that as I now cele- 
brate with devout affection thy holy and 
Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I 
may receive the prize of eternal blessed 
ness, by the grace of Him, whom thou, 
in virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus 
Christ our Lord ; who with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth 
in perfect Trinity, God, world without 
end. Amen. 

if , O Lady, hear my prayer. 

B , And let my cry come unto thee. 

if . Let us bless the Lord. 

B . Thanks be to God. 

if. May the souls of the faithful 
departed, through the mercy of God, rest 
in peace, 

B . Amen. 



COMPLINE, 



83 



At Compline. 

t. May Jesus Christ ; thy Son, recon- 
ciled by thy prayers, Lady, convert our 
hearts, 

R . And turn away His anger from us. 

if . O Lady, make speed to befriend me. 

R . From the hands of the enemy 
mightily defend me. 

t. Glory be to the Father, &c. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

Hail, Mother most pure ! 

Hail, Virgin renowned ! 
Hail, Queen of the stars 

As a diadern crowned ! 

Above all the Angels 

In glory untold, 
Standing next to the king 

In a vesture of Fold ! 

O Mother of mercy ! 

O star of the wave ! 
O hope of the guilty ! 

O light of the grave ! 

Through thee may we come 
. To the haven of rest ; 
And see heaven's King 

In the courts of the blest ! Amer 

if . Thy name, Mary, is as oil poure< 
out. 



84 



complins;. 



I£ . Thy servants have loved thee ex- 
ceedingly. 

if . O Lady, hear my prayer. 

R . And let my cry come unto thee. 

Let us Pray. 

Holy Mary, Queen of heaven, Mother 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress 
of the world, who forsakest no one and 
despisest no one ; look upon me, 
Lady, with an eye of pity, and entreat 
for me of thy beloved Son, the forgive- 
ness of all my sins ; that as I now cele- 
brate with devout affection thy holy and 
Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I 
may receive the prize of eternal blessed- 
ness, by the grace of Him, whom thou, 
in virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus 
Christ our Lord ; who with the Father 
and the Holy Grhost, liveth and reigneth, 
(rod, world without end. Amen. 

if . O Lady, hear my prayer. 

E . And let my cry come unto thee. 

if . Let us bless the Lord. 

K . 'Thanks be to God. 



COMMENDATION. 



85 



y. May the souls of the faithful 
departed, through the mercy of God, rest 
in peace. 

R . Amen. 

The Commendation. 

These praises and prayers, 

I lay at thy feet, 
O Virgin of rirgins ! 

O Mary most sweet ! 
Be thou my true guide 

Through this pilgrimage here, 
And stand by my side 

When death draweth near. 

R . Thanks be to God, 
Thou art all fair, 

And the stain of original sin was not 
in thee ; 

Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, 
Thou art the joy of Israel ; 
Thou art the honor of our people, 
Thou art the advocate of sinners ; 
Mary, Mary, 
Virgin most prudent, 
Mother most clement, 
Pray for us, 
Intercede for us 
With our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Ant. Thy Immaculate Conception, Vir- 
gin mother of God, brought joy to the 



86 



MEMOKARE. 



whole world ; for out of thee arose the 
sun of justice, Christ, our G-od ; who, 
lifting the curse from us, brought us 
blessings, and putting death to flight, 
gave us life eternal. 

Ant. This is the rod in which was 
neither knot of original sin nor rind of 
actual guilt. 

if . In thy conception, Virgin, thou 
wast Immaculate. 

R . Pray for us to the Father, whose 
Son thou didst bring forth. 

Let us Pray, 

God, who by the Immaculate Con- 
ception of the Virgin, didst prepare a 
worthy habitation for thy Son, we be- 
seech thee that, as in view of the death 
of that Son, thou didst preserve her from 
all stain of sin, so thou wouldst enable 
us, being made pure by her intercession, 
to come unto thee ; through the same 
Christ our Lord. 

R . Amen. 

The Memorabe. 

Eemember, most loving Virgin 
Mary, that never was it known that any 



MEMORARE. 



87 



one who fled to thy protection, implored 
thy help, and sought thine intercession, 
was abandoned by thee. Inspired with 
this confidence, I fly unto thee, Virgin 
of virgins, my Mother. To thee I come ; 
before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. 

Mother of the Word, despise not my 
words, but graciously hear and grant my 
prayer. Amen. 

Prayer, En ego } 
Behold, kind and most sweet Jesus, 

1 cast myself upon my knees in Thy 
sight, and with the most fervent desire 
of my soul I pray and beseech Thee that 
Thou wouldst impress upon my heart 
lively sentiments of faith, hope, and 
charity, with true repentance for my 
sins, and a firm desire of amendment, 
whilst with deep affection and grief of 
soul, I ponder within myself, and men- 
tally contemplate Thy five most Precious 
Wounds ; having before my eyes that 
which David spake in prophecy ; '-They 
have pierced my hands and my feet ; 
they have numbered all my bones." 

A Plenary Indulgence, once a day, applicable to the 
souls in Purgatory, is annexed to this prayer, recited be- 
fore a representation of Christ crucified, to all who con- 
fess and communicate, and pray for the intentions of the 
Supreme Pontiff. 



BENEDICTION. 



O Salutaris Hostia, 

Quae coeli pandis ostium ; 
Bella premunt hostilia, 

Da robur, fer auxilium. 

Uni trinoque Domino 
Sit sempiterna gloria, 

Qui vitam sine termino 
Nobis donet in patria. 



Tan turn ergo Sacramentum 

Vpneremur cernui : 
Et antiquum documentum 

Novo cedat ritui ; 
Prsestet fides supplementing 

Sensuum defectui, 

Genitori, Genitoque 

Laus et jubilatio, 
Salus, honor, virtus quoque 

Sit et benedictio : 
Procedenti ab utroque 

Compar sit laudatio. Amen. 

Hf. Panem de coelo prsestitisti eis, 
R . Omne delectamentum in se habentem, 
{Easter time and Corpus Ckristi, Alleluia.) 



BENEDICTION. 89 

After Benediction. 

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes : * laudate euin ornnes 
populi. 

Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus : 
* et Veritas Domini rrianet m a?ternum. 

V. Gloria Patri, et Filio,* et Spiritui Sancto. 

R. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,* et in 
ssecula sasculorum. Amen. 

Vbni Creator. 

Veni, Creator Spiritus, 

Mentes tuorurn visita ; 
Imple superna gratia, 

Quae tu creasti, pectora. 

Hostern repellas longius, 
Pacemque clones protinus : 

Ductore sic te praevio 
Vitemus omne noxium, 

Deo Patri sit gloria, 

Et Filio, qui a rnortuis 
Surrexit, ac Paraclito, 

In saeculorum saecnla. Amen, 



The Litany of Loretto. 



Kyrie eleison. 

Ohriste eleison. 

Kyrie eleison. 

Christe audi nos. 

Christe exaudi nos. 

Pater de ccelis Deus, mise- 
rere nobis. 

Fili Redemptor mundi De- 
us, miserere nobis. 

Spirit us Sancte Deus, mise- 
rere nobis. 

Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, 
miserere nobis. 

Sancta Maria, 1 
Sancta Dei genitrix, 
Sancta Virgo virginum, 

Mater Christi, 
Mater divines gratia?, 
Mater purissima, 

Mater castissima, 
Mater inviolata, 
Mater intemerata, 



Mater amabilis, 
Mater admirabilis, 
Mater Creatoris, 

Mater Salvatoris, 
Virgo prudentissima, 
Virgo veneranda, 

Virgo prasdicanda, 
Virgo potens, 
Virgo Clemens, 

Virgo fidelis. 
Speculum justitias, 
Sedes sapientiae, 

Causa nostras lastitias, 
Vas spirituale, 
Vas honorabile, 

Vas insigne devotionis, 

Rosa mystica, 
Turris Davidica, 

Turris eburnae. 



Lord, have mercy on us. 
Christ, have mercy on us. 
Lord, have mercy on us. 
Christ hear us. 
Christ, graciously hear us. 
God the Father of heaven, 

have mercy on us. 
God the Son, Redeemer of 

the world, have mercy on 

us. 

God the Holy Ghost, have 

mercy on us. 
Holy Trinity, one God, have 

mercy on us. 

Holy Mary, pray for us. ^ 
Holy Mother of God, 
Holy Virgin of virgins, 

Mother of Christ, 
Mother of divine grace, 
Mother most pure. 

Mother most chaste, 
Mother inviolate, 
Mother undefiled, 

Mother most amiable, 
Mother most admirable, 
Mother of our Creator. 

Mother of our Saviour, 
Virgin most prudent, 
Virgin most venerable, 

Virgin most renowned, 
Virgin most powerful, 
Virgin most merciful, 

Virgin most faithful, 
Mirror of Justice, 
Seat of wisdom, 

Cause of our joy, 
Spiritual vessel, 
Vessel of honor, 

Vessel of singular devo- 
tion. 
Mystical rose, 
Tower of David, 

Tower of ivory, 



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Domus aurea, 
Foederis area, 

Janua cceli, 
Stella matutina, 
Salus inflrmorum, 

Refugiuin peccatorum. 
Consolatrix afnictorum. 



Auxilium Christiana 
rum, . 3 

Regina Angelorum, ~ 
Regina patriarcharum. Y 5 
Regina prophetarum, s 

Regina apostolb rum, r 
Regina martyrum, j ? 
Kegina conf essorum, 

Regina \irginum. 
Regina sanctorum otn- j 
nium. 

Regina sine labe origi- I 
nali concepta. 

Regina sanctissimi Ro- | 
sarih J 

Agnus Dei, qui tollis pec- 

cata mundi, parce nobis, 

Donune, 
Agnus Dei, qui tollis pec- 

cata mundi, exaudi nos, 

Domine. 

Agnus Dei, qui tollis pec- 
cata mundi, miserere no- 
bis. 

V. Ora pro nobis, saneta Dei 

genitrix. 
R. Utdigni einclamur pro- 

missionibus Christi. 



House of gold, 

Ark of the covenant, j 

Gate of heaven, 
Morning star, 
Health of the sick. 

Refuge of sinners. 
Comfortress of the af- 
flicted. 

Help of Christians, _ 

Queen of Angels, | '< 

Queen of patriarchs, [ t 
Queen of prophets, ~ 

Queen of apostles, j § 

Queen of martyrs, | * 

Queen of confessors, i 

Queen of Virgins. 
Queen of all saints, 

Queen conceived with- j 
out original sin. 

Queen of the most holy j 
Rosary, j 

Lamb of G-od, who takesr 
away the sins of the 
world, spare us, O Lord. 

Lamb of G-od, who takest 
away the sins of the 
world, graciouslv hear us, 
O Lord. 

Lamb of God, who takest 
away the sins of the 
world, have mercy on us, 

V. Pray for us, O holy Mo- 
ther of God. 

R. That we may be made 
worthv of the promises of 
Christ. 



Let us Pray, 
Pour forth we beseech Thee O Lord, Thy grace into 
our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Thy Sen 
was made known by the message of an Angel, may by 
His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His 
Resurrection, through the same Christ, our Lord. 
Amen. 



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HYMNS. 



Salve Regina. 

From Trinity Sunday till Advent. 

Salve, regina, mater misericordise ! vita, dulcedo, et 
spes nostra, salve ! 

Ad te clamamus, exules fflii Evse. Ad te suspira- 
nius, gementes et flentes, in hac lacrymarurn valle. 

Eia ergo advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes 
oculos ad nos eonverte. 

Et Jesum benedictum fructum ventris ttti nobis post 
hoc exilium ostende. 

O clemens ! O pia ! O dulcis Virgo Maria. 

t. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix ! 

R . Ut digni, efficiamur promissionibus Christi. 



Alma Redemptoris. 

Solo. 

1 Alma, Alma, Alma, Redemptoris Mater quae pervia 

cceli, 

Porta manes et Stella maris succurre cadenti. 
Chorus. 

Porta manes et Stella maris, succurre cadenti. 
Solo. 

2 Surgere qui curat populo tu quae genuisti, Natura 

mirante, 

Tuum sanctum Genitorem, tuum sanctum Geni- 
torem, 

Chorus. 

Tuum sanctum Genitorem, tuum sanctum Geni= 
torem, 

Solo. 

3 Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore, Sumens 

illud ave, 

Peccatorum miserere, Peccatorum miserere. 



HYMNS. 



Chorus. 

Peccatoruin miserere, Peccatorum miserere. 
Advent.) 

"5^. Angelas Domini nuntiavit Marise. 
R . Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto. 

{From Christmas to the Purification.) 
v . Post partum Virgo inviolata permansisti. 
R . Dei Genitrix intercede pro nobis. 



Ave Begin a. 

From the Purification till Easter. 

Ave Regina coelorum ! 

Ave D6mina angelorum. 

Salve, radix ! salve, porta ! 

Ex qua mundo lux est orta. 

Gaude, virgo glori6sa ! 

Super omnes spetiosa ; 

Vale, O valde decora ! 

Et pro nobis Christum exora. 

~if . Dignare me laudare, virgo sacrata! 

R . Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos. 



Eegina C(ELI. 
From Easter till Trinity. 

Regina coeli ! lsetare, Alleluia ; 

Quia quern merulsti portare, Alleluia ; 

Resurrexit, sicut dixit, Alleluia. 

Ora pro nobis Deum, Alleluia. 

y. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria! Alleluia. 

R . Quia surre*xit D6minus vere, Alleluia. 



HYMNS. 

Cor Jesu Sacratissimun. 

Cor Jesu Sacratissimum ; 

Miserere nobis. 
Cor Mariae Immaculatum, 

Ora pro nobis. 

(To be sung three times.) 



Veni Jesu Amor mi. 

Veni Jesu Amor mi, 

Veni, Veni, Veni amor Jesu 

Veni Jesu Amor mi, 

Veni O Amor mi. 

Veni Jesu Amor mi, j times. 

Veni, Veni, O Amor mi. 

Veni Amor mi, Veni Amor mi. 



Sanctissima. 

1 O sanctissima, O piissima, 

Dulcis Virgo Maria, 
Mater amata, intemerata, 
Ora, ora pro nobis. 

2 Tota pulchra es, O Maria, 

Et macula non est in te. 
Mater amata, intemerata, 
Ora, ora pro nobis. 

3 Sicut lilium, inter spinas, 

Sic Maria inter filias. 
Mater amata, intemerata, 
Ora, ora pro nobis. 

4 In miseria, in angustia, 

Ora Virgo pro nobis. 
Pro nobis ora, in mortis hora, 
Ora, ora pro nobis. 



HYMNS. 



Jesu Dulcis Memoria. 

1 Jesu dulcis uieuioria, 
Deus vera cordis gaudia ; 
Sed super mel et omnia, 
Ejus dulcis prgesentia 

Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, dulcis memoria, 
Jesu dulcis memoria, dulcis memoria, 

2 Nil canitur suavius, 
JSTil audit ur jucundius, 
Nil cogitatur dulcius 
Quam Jesu Dei Filius, 

Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, dulcis memoria, 
Jesu, dulcis memoria, dulcis memoria, 



Jesus ! Saviour of my Soul. 

1 Jesus ! Saviour of my soul, 

Let me to Thy refuge fly, 
While the nearer waters roll, 

While the tempest still is nigh. 
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, 

Till the storm of life is past ; 
Safe into Thy haven guide, 

O receive my soul at last 
Jesus : Saviour of my soul, 

Let me to Thy refuge fly ; 
Ave, Ave, Jesus mild, 

Deign to hear Thy lowly child. 

2 Other refuge have I none, 

Hangs my helpless soul on Thee, 
Leave, oh leave me not alone, 
Still support and strengthen me. 
Hide me, &c. 

3 All my trust in Thee is stayed, 

All my help from Thee I bring ; 
Cover my defenceless head, 
With the cover of Thy wing. 
Hide me, &c. 



HYMNS. 



Stabat Mater. 

1 Stabat Mater dolorosa, 
Jiixta crucem lachrymosa, 

Dum pendebat Filius. 

2 Cujus animam geinentem, 
Contristatam et dolentem, 

Pertransivit gladius. 

3 O quam tristis et afflieta, 
Fuit ilia benedicta, 

Mater Unigeniti. 

4 Qua? mcerebat, et dolebat, 
Pia mater, dum videbat, 

Nati poenas inclyti. 

5 Quis est homo, qui non fleret, 
Christi matrem si videret, 

In tanto supplicio ? 

G Quis non posset contristari, 
Piam matrem contemplari, 
Dolentem cum filio. 

7 Pro peccatis suae gentis, 
Vidit Jesum in tormentis, 

Et flagellis subditum. 

8 Vidit suum dnlcem natum, 
Morientem, desolatum, 

Dum emisit spiritum. 

9 Eia mater, fons amoris, 
Me sentire vim doloris, 

Fac ut tecum lugeam. 

10 Fac ut ardeat cor meum, 
In amando Christum Deum, 
Ut illi complaceam. 



HY1DCS. 



1 1 Saneta mater ! istud agas, 
Crucifixi lige plagas 

Cordi meo valide. 

12 Tui Nati vulnerati, 
Tain dignati pro me pari, 

Pcenas meeum divide. 

13 Fae me tecum pie rlere, 
Crucifixo condolere. 

Donee ego vixero. 

14 Juxta cruceni tecum stare, 
Et tibi me sociare, 

In planctu desidero. 

15 Virgo virgiuum pra^elara ! 
Mihi jam non sis amara. 

Fae me tecum plangere. 

16 Fac ut portem Christi mortem 
Passionis fac consort em, 

Et plagas reeolere. 

17 Fac me plagis vulnerari, 
Fac me eruce inebriari, 

Et cruore Filii. 

18 Inflammatus et accensus, 
Per te, virgo ! sim defensus, 

In die judicii. 

19 Fac me cruce custodiri, 
Morte Christi praemunire, 

Confoveri gratia. 

20 Quando corpus morietur, 
Fac ut animse donetur, 

Paridisi gloria. Amen. 



HYMNS. 

the Cross Her Station Keeping. 

1 At the cross her station keeping, 
Stood the mournful mother weeping, 

Close to Jesus to the last. 

2 Through her heart his sorrow sharing, 
All his bitter anguish bearing, 

Lo ! the piercing sword had passed. 

3 Oh, how sad and sore distressed 
Was that mother highly blessed, 

Of the sole-begotten One ! 

4 Christ above in torment hangs ; 
She beneath beholds the pangs 

Of her dying glorious (Son. 

5 Is there one who would not weep, 
Whelmed in miseries so deep, 

Christ's dear mother to behold ? 

6 Can the human heart refrain 
From partaking in her pain, 

In that mother's pain untold ? 

7 Bruised, derided, cursed, denied, 
She beheld her tender child, 

All with bloody scourges rent. 

8 For the sin of his own nation, 
Saw him hang in desolation, 

Till his spirit forth he sent. 

9 Let me mingle tears with thee, 
Mourning him who mourned for me, 

All the days that I may live. 

10 By the cross with thee to stay; 
There with thee to weep and pray, 
Is all I ask of thee to give. 



110 thou mother ! tout of love ! 
Touch my spirit from above. 

Make ruy heart with thiue accord. 

12 Make me feel as thou hast felt ; 
Make my soul to glow and melt 

With the love of Christ our Lord. 

13 Virgin of all virgins blest ! 
Listen to my fond request ; 

Let me share thy grief divine. 

14 Let me to my latest breath, 
In my body bear the death 

Of that dying Son of thine. 

15 TToly mother ! pierce me through ; 
In my heart each wound renew. 

Of my Saviour crucified. 

1G Let me share with thee His pain. 
Who for all my sins was slain. 
Who for me in torments died. 

17 Wounded with his every wound. 
Steep my soul till it has swooned 

In His very blood, away. 

18 While my body here decays. 
May my soul thy goodness- praise. 

Safe in Paradise with thee. 



At the Saxctus. 

1 Hark ! hark ! the angels singing, 

Through all the heav'nlv coasts. 
'Tis - Holy: Holy! Holy! 

Art Thou Lord God of Hosts ! 1 1 
The starry sky around us, 

The shining earth below. 
The greatness of Thy glory, 

In bright effulgence show. 



HYMNS, 



2 Then children, join your voices, 

And sing with one accord 
" Thrice blessed He who cometh 
In Thy name, mighty Lord." 
Hosanna in the highest ! 

To David's Son intone ; 
Thus may we sing in glory, 
For ever 'round His throne. 



At the Communion, 

1 O Lord I am not worthy 

That Thou shouldst come to me, 
But speak ihe words of comfoit, 
My spirit healed shall be. 

2 And humbly Til receive Thee, 

The Bridegroom of my soul, 
No more by sin to grieve Thee, 
Or fly Thy sweet control. 



the Priceless Love of Jesus. 

1 Oli, the priceless love of Jesus ! 

Oh, the strength of grace divine ! 
All his gifts are shower' d upon me, 

All His blessings may be mine ; 
He is thron'd in heav'nly glory, 

Where no sin nor death can be, 
Yet He loves me in this darkness, 

Yet He does not turn from me. 

2 Storms of sorrow roll around me, 

Darkling clouds above me meet ; 
But I hasten to my refuge, 

At my Saviour's wounded feet. 

how lovingly my Jesus, 
Thou dost with me ever bear ; 

1 can never, never thank Thee, 
For Thy Goodness and Thy care. 



HYMNS. 



ESUS THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEE. 

1 Jesus, the very thought of Thee, 

With sweetness tills my breast ; 
But sweeter far Thy face to see, 

And in Thy presence rest ; 
No sound, no harmony so gay, 

Can art of music frame, 
No thought can reach, no word can say, 

The sweets of Thy blest name. 

2 O hope of ev'ry contrite heart ! 

O joy of all the weak ; 
To those who fall how kind Thou 

How good to those who seek ! 
But what to those who tind ? oh ! 

No tongue, no pen can show ; 
The love of Jesus wh it it is. 

None but His loved ones know. 

3 O Jesus, light of all below ! 

Thou fount of life and tire. 
Surpassing all the joys we know, 

All that we can desire. 
May every heart confess Thy name. 

And ever Thee adore. 
And seeking Thee, itself inflame, 

To seek Thee more and more. 

4 O Jesus ! Thou the beauty art 

Of angel worlds above ; 
Thy name is music to the heart. 

Enchanting it with love. 
For Thee I yearn, for Thee I sigh ; 

When wilt Thou come to me, 
And make me glad eternally, 

With one blest sight of Thee ? 



art, 
this, 



HYMNS. 

Jesus, my Lord my G-od. 

1 Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all ! 

How can I love Thee as I ought? 
And how revere this wondrous gift, 
So far surpassing hope or thought ? 

. — Sweet Sacrament ! we Thee adore, 
O make us love Thee more and more, 
O make us love Thee more and more. 

2 Had I but Mary's sinless heart, 

To love Thee with, my dearest King, 

with what bursts of fervent praise, 
Thy goodness Jesus, would I sing ! 

Sweet Sacrament ! &c. 

3 O see ! within a creature's hand, 

The vast Creator deigns to be, 
Reposing, infant-like, as though 
On Joseph's arm, on Mary's knee ! 
Sweet Sacrament ! &c. 

4 Thy Body, Soul, and Godhead, all 

O mystery of love divine ! 

1 cannot compass all I have, 

For all Thou hast and art are mine ! 
Sweet Sacrament ! &c. 

5 Sound, sound His praises higher still, 

And come, ye angels, to our aid, 
'Tis God ! 'tis God ! the very God 

Whose pow'r both man and angels mad e ! 
Sweet Sacrament ! &c. 

6 O earth, grow flow'rs beneath His feet, 

And thou, O sun, shine bright this day, 
He comes ! He comes ! O Heav'n on earth 
Our Jesus comes upon His way ! 
Sweet Sacrament ! &c. 



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103 



o When the brooding darkness hides me, 

Bitter tears of pain I weep ; 
But, Thou loving One. Thou healest 

All my sorrow, dark and deep. 
Oh, Thy priceless love, my Jesus ! 

Human love and love divine : 
Thou art gentle, Thou art mighty : 

All Thy Sacred Heart is mine. 



Jesus, Jesus, Dearest Lord. 

1 O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord, 

Forgive me if I say. 
For very love, Thy sacred name, 

A thousand times a day. 
I love Thee so, I know not how 
. My transports to control ; 
Thy love is like a burning fire, 

Within my very soul, 

2 wonderful that Thou should'st let 

So vile a heart as mine, 
Love Thee with such a love as this, 

And make so free with Thine. 
The craft of this wide world of ours, 

Poor wisdom seems to me ; 
Ah! dearest Jesus, I have grown 

Childish ivith love of Thee, 

3 For Thou to me art all in all, 

My honor and my wealth, 
My heart's desire, my body's strength, 

My souUs eternal health. 
Burn, burn, O love, within my heart, 

Burn fiercely night and dav ; 
Till all the dross of earthly love 

Is burned and burned away. 



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HYM5TS. 



4 O Light in darkness, Joy in grief, 

O Heav'n begun on earth ! 
Jesus ! my Love ! my Treasure ! who 

Can tell what Thou art worth ? 
O Jesus, Jesus, sweetest Lord, 

What art Thou not to me ? 
Each hour brings joys before unknown, 

Each day new liberty. 

5 What limit is there to Thee, love? 

Thy flight where wilt Thou stay ? 
On, on ! our Lord is sweeter far 

To-day than yesterday. 
O love of Jesus ! blessed love ! 

So will it ever be ; 
Time cannot hold thy wondrous growth, 

No, nor eternity. 



To Jesus' Heart all Burning. 

1 To Jesus' Heart, all burning, 

With fervent love for men. 
My heart with fondest yearning 
Shall raise the joyful strain. 

Clio. — While ages course along, 

Blest be with loudest soug 
The sacred Heart of Jesus, 
By every heart and tongue. 

2 Heart for me on fire, 

With love no man can speak, 
My yet untold desire, 
God gives me for Thy sake. 
While ages, &c. 

3 Too true I have forsaken 

Thy flock by wilful sin ; 
Yet now let me be taken 
Back to Thy fold again. 
While ages, &c. 



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105 



4 As Thou art meek and lowly, 
And ever pure of heart, 
So may my heart be wholly 
Of Thine the counterpart. 
While ages, &c. 



Sweet Saviour ! Bless us ere we go. 

1 Sweet Saviour! bless us ere we go, 

Thy word into our minds instill; 
And make our lukewarm hearts to glow, 
With lowly love and fervent will, 

Gho.— Through life's long day, and death's dark 
night. 

O gentle Jesus be our light, 
O gentle Jesus be our light. 

2 The day is done, its hours have run ; 

And Thou hast taken count of all ; 
The scanty triumphs grace hath won, 
The broken vow. the frequent fall. 
Through life's &c. 

3 G-rant us, dear Lord ! from evil ways, 

True absolution and release ; 
And bless us more than in past days. 
With puritv and inward peace. 
Through life's, &c. 

4 Do more than pardon ; give us joy ; 

Sweet fear and sober liberty ; 
And simple hearts without delay, 
That onlv long to be like Thee. 
Through life's, etc. 

o Sweet Saviour ! bless us, night is come ; 
Mary and Joseph near us~be ; 
"Good angels watch about our home, 
And we are one day nearer Thee. 
Through life's, &c. 



Jesus Crucified. 




1 Oh ! come and mourn with me awhile ; 

See ! Mary calls us to her side ; 
Oh ! come, let us mourn with her; 
Jesus, our Love, is crucified ! 

2 Have we no tears to shed for Him, 

While soldiers scoff and Jews deride ? 
Ah ! look how patiently He hangs : 
Jesus, our Love, is crucified ! 

3 Seven times He spoke, seven words of love, 

And all three hours His silence cried 
For mercy on the souls of men : 
Jesus, our love, is crucified ! 

4 Come take thy stand beneath the cross, 

And let the Blood from out that side 
Fall gently on thee drop by drop ; 
Jesus, our love is crucified ! 

5 A broken heart, a fount of tears, 

Ask, and they will not be denied ; 
A broken heart love's cradle is : 
Jesus, our love is crucified ! 

6 O love of God ! O sin of man ! 

In this dread act your strength is tried ; 
And victory remains with love, 
For He, our love, is crucified ! 



With Hearts truly (3-rateful. 

1 With hearts truly grateful, 
Come, all ye faithful, 
To Jesus, to Jesus in Bethlehem ; 
See Christ your Saviour, 
Heaven's greatest favor. 
Let's hasten to adore Him; 
Let's hasten to adore Him ; 
Let's hasten to adore Him ; 
Our G-od and King. 



HYMNS. 



107 



2 God to God equal, 
Light to Light eternal ; 

Carried in Virgin's ever spotless womb; 
He all preceded, 
Begotten not created. 
Let's hasten, &c. 

3 Angels now praise Him, 
Loud their voices raising. 

The heavenly mansions with joy now ring, 
Praise, honor, gloiy, 
To Him who is most holy, 
Let's hasten, etc. 

4 To Jesus, born this day, 
Grateful homage repay ; 

To Him who all heavenly gifts doth bring. 
Word uncreated, 
To our flesh united. 
Let's hasten. &c. 



Come, Holt Ghost. 

1 Come, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, 
Come, Holy Ghost, send down those beam-. 
Which sweetly flow in silent streams, 

From Thy bright throne above. 

2 O come Thou Father of the poor, 
Thoa bounteous source of all our store, 
Come, warm our hearts with love divine, 
Come, warm our hearts with love divine, 
Thou bounteous source of all our store, 

Come warm our hearts with love. 
Come, Holy Ghost, &c. 

3 Come Thou of Comforters the best; 
Come, Thou the soul's delightful guest ; 
Come, Thou the soul's delightful guest, 

The pilgrim's sweet relief. 
Come, Holy Ghost. &c. 



HYMNS. 

Easter Hymn. 

1 O sons and daughters let us sing ! 

The King of heaven, the glorious King, 
To-day is risen triumphing ! Alleluia ! 
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 

2 On Sunday morn, at break of day, 
The faithful women went their way, 

To seek the tomb where Jesus lay. Alleluia ! 
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 

3 An angel clad in white they see, 
Who sat and spake unto them three, 
"Your Lord doth go to Galilee." Alleluia. 
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 

4 That night the Apostles met in fear, 
Amidst them came the Lord most dear, 
And said, "My peace be on all here." Alleluia 
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 

5 On this most holy day of days, 

To Thee our heart and voice we raise, 
In laud, and jubilee, and praise. Alleluia ! 
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 

6 Glory to Father and to Son, 
Who has for us the victory won, 

And Holy Ghost ! blest Three in One. Alleluia 
Alleluia ! Alleluia ! Alleluia ! 



Nearer my God to Thee. 

1 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee ! 
E'en though it be a cross 

That raiseth me ; 
Still all my song shall be, 

Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

N earer to Thee, 



HYM^S. 



109 



2 Deep in Thy Sacred Heart 

Let me abide, 
Thou that hast bled for me, 

Sorrowed and died ; 
Sweet shall my weeping be, 

Grief surely leading me, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee. 

3 Friends may depart from me, 

Night may come down, 
Clouds of adversit}^ 

Darken and frown ; 
Still through my tears I'll see 

Hope gently leading me, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee, 



Holy God, we Praise Thy Name, 

1 Holy God, we praise Thy name ! 

Lord of all we bow before Thee ! 
All on earth Thy sceptre claim, 

All in heav'n ab.»ve adore Thee : 
Infinite Thy vast domain, 
Everlasting is Thy name, 

2 Hark! the loud celestial hymn, 

Angel choirs above are singing ! 
Cherubim and Seraphim. 

In unceasing chorus praising ; 
Fill the heavens with sweet accord ; 
Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord. 

8 Lo ! the apostolic train, 

Join Thy sacred name to hallow ! 
Prophets swell the loud refrain, 

And with white-robed martyrs follow; 
And from morn till set of sun, 
Through the church the song goes on. 



lie 



HYMNS. 



4 Holy Father, holy Son, 

Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee, 
While in essence only One, 

Undivided God we claim Thee ; 
And adoring bend the knee, 
While we own the mystery. 

5 Thou art King of glory, Christ ! 

Son of God, yet born of Mary, 
For us sinners, sacrificed, 

And to death a tributary : 
First to break the bars of death, 
Thou hast open'd, Heav'n to Faith. 



Hail, Heavenly Queen. 

1 Hail, heavenly Queen ! Hail, foamy ocean star! 
O be our guide, diffuse thy beams afar ; 

Hail, Mother of God ! above all virgins blest, 
Hail, happy gate of heav'n's eternal rest. 
Cho.— Hail, foamy ocean star ! hail, heav'nly Queen ! 
O be our guide to endless joys unseen. 

2 "Hail, full of grace," with Gabriel we repeat; 
Thee, Queen of heav'n, from him we learn to 

greet ; 

Then give us peace which heav'n alone can give, 
And dead thro' Eve, thro' Mary let us live. 
Hail, foamy, &c. 

3 O break our chains, our captive souls release ; 
O give us light, and let our darkness cease ; 
Let ev'ry ill that preys upon our hearts, 

Fly at thy voice which every good imparts. 
Hail, foamy, &c. 

4 Our lives unstain'd, in purity preserve; 

Nor e'er permit our ways from truth to swerve, 
That when our time has rolled its rapid round, 
We may with Christ, in heav'nly bliss be crownM. 
Hail, foamy, &c. 



EtYMXs, 



ill 



Maid Conceived without a Stain. 

1 O Maid eonceiv'd without a stain, 

O Mother bright and fair, 
Come thou within our hearts to rei^n. 

And grace shall triumph there. 
Hail Mary ever undefiled, 

Hail, Queen of purity ! 
O make thy children chaste and mild, 

And turn their hearts to thee. 

2 Thou art far purer than the snow. 

Far brighter than the day ; 
Thy beauty none on earth can know 

Xo tongue of men can say. 
O Mother of all mothers blest, 

Who soothest every grief, 
In thee the weary find their rest, 

And anguish'd hearts relief 

3 O then for us, thy children, plead, 

Thy pity we implore ; 
That we from sin and sorrow freed. 

May love thee more and more. 
Hail, Mary, ever undefiled, 

Hail, Queen of purity ! 
O make thy children chaste and mild, 

And turn their hearts to thee. 



Hail, Virgin of Virgins ! 

1 Hail, Virgin of Virgms ! 

Thy praises we sing. 
Thy throne is in heaven, 

Thy Son is its King ; 
The saints and the angels, 

Thy glory proclaim ; 
All nations devoutly, 

Bow down at thy name. 



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ftYMtfS. 



2 Let souls that are holy, 

Still holier be, 
To sing with the angels, 

Sweet Mary of thee. 
Let all who are sinners, 

To virtue return ; 
That hearts without number, 

With thy love may burn. 

3 Thy name is our power, 

Thy love is our light ; 
We praise thee at morning, 

At noon and at night. 
We thank thee, we bless thee, 

When happy and free , 
When tempted by Satan, 

We call upon thee. 



Purest of Creatures. 

1 O purest of creatures ! sweet Mother, sweet Maid ! 
The one spotless womb wherein Jesus was laid, 
Dark night has come down on us, Mother and we 
Look out for thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea. 

2 To sinners what comfort, to angels what mirth ; 
That God found one creature unfallen on earth, 
One spot where His Spirit untroubled could be, 
The depth of thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea. 

3 So worship we God in these rude latter days; 
So worship we Jesus our Love when we praise 
His wonderful grace in the gift He gave thee, 
The gift of clear shining, sweet Star of the Sea. 

4 Deep night hath come down on us, Mother ! deep 

night, 

We need more than ever the guide of thy light; 
For the darker the night is, the brighter should be 
Thy beautiful shining, sweet Star of the Sea. 



HYMNS. 

Joy, Joy, the Mother Comes. 

1 Joy ! joy ! the Mother comes, 

And in her arms she brings 
The Light of all the world, 

The Christ the King of kings • 
And in her heart the while 

All silently she sings. 

2 Saint Joseph follows near, 

In rapture lost and love, 
While angels round about, 

In glowing circles move ; 
And o'er the mother broods 

The Everlasting dove. 

3 There in the temple court, 

Old Simeon's heart beats high, 
And Anna feeds her soul 

With food of prophecy ; 
But, see ! the shadows pass, 

The world's true Light draws nigh. 

4 O Infant God! O Christ! 

O Light most beautiful ! 
Thou comest, Joy of joys ! 

All darkness to annul ; 
And brightest lights of earth, 

Beside Thy Light are dull. 



Oh ! Mary ! Mother Mary ! 

1 Oh! Mary! Mother Mary! 

We place our trust in thee, 
Our faith shall never vary, 

Tho' weak the flesh may be. 
Too oft with steps unwary, 

From duty's path we bent : 
Oh ! Mary ! Mother Mary ! 

Thou teach us to repent. 



HYMNS. 



2 The grisly form of terror, 

Now rises in our way. 
Now more seducive error, 

Would lead our feet astray. 
Satan is strong and wary, 

But thou wilt crush his might : 
Oh ! Mary ! Mother Mary ! 

Strengthen us in the fight. 



Name of Mary. 

1 It is the name of Mary, 

Which we to-day proclaim, 
Come all ye Mary's children, 

To sing that lovely name. 
Come sing that name, dear childre 

It is your mother's own ; 
Unite our hearts and praises, 

And waft them to her throne. 

2 A name of pow'r and sweetness, 

Her name to us so dear, 
A name of awe and grandeur, 

But grandeur free from fear. 
Sweet name all strong yet tender, 

That name we love so well, 
The joy of earth and heaven, 

The fear and dread of hell. 

3 O name by which we triumph 

O'er hell's embattled foes, 
The victor's meed of glory, 

And solace in his woes. 
Earth has no name so gentle, 

Nor heaven one so sweet, 
A balm to wounded feelings, 

Bright light to wayward feet. 



HYMNS. 



115 



Heart of Mary, Heart the Purest. 

1 Heart of Mary, heart the purest, 

Ever shrined in mortal frame ; 
Blest asylum who securest. 
All who thy protection claim, 

2 Hear the prayer of one whose weekness, 

Most demands a mother's care : 
One to whom thy looks, all meekness, 
Counsel hope, forbid despair. 

3 Round me tempests gath'ring lower, 

As I tread life's desert way ; 
And a foe in matchless power, 
Marks for me his destined prey. 

4 To some spot where ne'er might hover, 

Danger's shadow I would flee ; 
But, ah ! where that spot discover, 
Where, ah ! Mary, but in thee. 



Fading, Still Fading. 

1 Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining : 
Ave Maria day is declining : 

Safety and innocence fly with the light, 
Temptation and danger walk forth in the night. 
From the fall of the shade till the matin shall shine : 
Shield us from danger and save us from crime. 

Cho. — Ave Maria, Ave Maria, 
Ave Maria, audi nos. 

2 A.\e Maria ! oh ! hear when we call ! 
Mother of Him who is Saviour of all ; 
Feeble and falling we trust in thy might, 

In doubting and darkness, thy love be our light. 
Let us sleep on thy breast while the night taper 
burns, 

And wake in thy care when the morning returns. 
Cho. — Ave Maria, &c. 



HYMNS. 



'Tis the Month of our Mother. 

1 'Tis the month of our Mother, 

The blessed and beautiful days, 
When our lips and our spirits 
Are glowing with love and with praise 

Clio. — All hail ! to dear Mary, 

The guardian of our way, 
To the fairest of Queens, 
Be the fairest of seasons, p weet May. 

2 Oh! what peace to her children, 

'Mid sorrow and trials to know, 
That the lpve of their Mother 
Hath ever a solace for woe. 
All hail ! &c. 

3 And what joy to the erring, 

The sinful and sorrowful soul ; 
That a trust in her guidance, 
Will lead to a glorious goal. 
All hail! &c. 

4 Let us sing then, rejoicing, 

That God hath so honored our race, 
As to clothe with our nature, 

Sweet Mary, the Mother of grace. 
All hail ! &c. 



Blest for e'er the Mother. 

1 O blest for e'er the Mother, 

And Virgin full of grace, 
Who bore Our God, our brother, 

The Saviour of our race. 
Sweet Jesus, low before Thee, 

We bend in fear and love, 
O grant we may adore Thee, 

In Thy bright realms above. :|| 



HYM>~? 



117 



2 Pure as the light of heaven , 

In meekness nearest Thee, 
'Tis Thou hast Mary given, 

Our guide, our friend to be. 
Sweet Mother, tears are falling, 

From hearts that love thy Son ; 
Then hear thy children calling 

On thee, and bless thv own, 



As the Dewy Shades of Event. 

1 As the dewy shades of even, 

Gather o'er the balmy air, 
Listen, gentle Queen of heaven, 

Listen to ray vesper prayer. 
Holy Mother, near me hover, 

Free my thoughts from aught defiled, 
With thy wings of mercy cover, 

Safe from harm thy helpless child. 

2 Thine own sinless heart was broksn. 

Sorrow's sword had pierced its core . 
Holy Mother, by that token, 

Now thy pity I implore. 
Queen of heaven, guard and guide me, 

In thv tender bosom hide me, 
Take me, Mother, to thy care. 

3 Mother of my Infant Saviour, 

Spouse of God, mv plaint, O hear; 
Purest Virgin, gracious Matron, 

From thy happy seat" in Zion,' 
Light me thro' this dark abode, 

Smile, O ! gently smile upon me, 
Tell my sorrow to mv God. 



HYMNS. 

Hail, Virgin, Dearest Mary. 

1 Hail, Virgin, dearest Mary ! 

Our lovely Queen of May ; 
O spotless, blessed lady, 
Our lovely Queen of May. 

2 Thy children humbly bending 

Around thy shrine so dear, 
With heart and voice ascending- 
Sweet Mary, hear our prayer. 
Hail, Virgin, &e. 

3 Behold earth's blossoms springing, 

In beauteous form and hue ; 
All nature gladly bringing 
Her sweetest charms to you. 
Hail, Virgin, &c. 

4 We'll gather fresh, bright flowers, 

To bind our fair Queen's brow ; 
From gay and verdant bowers, 
We haste to crown thee now. 
Hail, Virgin, &c. 

5 And now, our blessed Mother, 

Smile on our festal day , 
Accept our wreath of flowers, 
And be our Queen of May. 
Hail, Virgin, &c. 



Mother Dear, Pray for Me. 

1 Mother dear, O pray for me ! 

Whilst far from heav'n and thee, 
I wander in a fragile bark, 

O'er life's tempestuous sea ! 
O Virgin Mother, from thy throne, 

So bright in bliss above, 
Protect thy child and cheer my path, 

With thy sweet smile of love. 



HYMNS, 



119 



Cho. — Mother dear, remember me, 
And never cease thy care, 
'Till in heaven eternally. 
Thy love and bliss I share. 

2 Mother dear, O pray for me ! 

Should pleasure's syren lay, 
E'er tempt thy child to wander far 

From virtue's path away ; 
When thorns beset life's devious way, 

And darkling waters flow, 
Then Mary, aid thy weeping child, 

Thyself a mother show. 
Mother dear, &c. 

3 Mother dear, O pray for me ! 

When all looks bright and fair, 
That I may all my dangers see, 

For surely then 'tis near; 
A Mothers prayer how much we need 

If prosperous be the ray, 
That paints with gold the flow'ry mead, 

Which blossoms in our way. 
Mother dear, &c. 



Macula xox est ix te. 

1 Daughter of a mighty Father, 

Maiden patron of the May, 
Angel forms around thee gather : 
Macula non est in te. 
Macula non est in te. — 4 times. 

2 Mother of the Son and Saviour, 

Of the Truth, the Life, the Way, 
Guide our footsteps, calm our passions : 
Macula non est in te. 
Macula non est in te. — 4 times. 



HYMNS. 



3 Spouse of the Eternal Spirit, 

Blossom which will ne'er decay, 
Let us by thy love inherit^ 
Macula non est in te. 
Macula non est in te. — 4 times. 

4 Daughter, Mother, Spouse of heaven, 

Listen to our earnest lay, 
Sweetest gift to man e'er given : 
Macula non est in te. 
Macula non est in te. — 4 times. 

5 Here on earth we see but darkly, 

But we hail afar the day, 
When we'll see thee in thy splendor : 
Macula non est in te. 
Macula non est in te. — 4 times. 

6 We are earth's O ! thou who blossom'd, 

Lily in the thorny way, 
Guide and help us, love and bless us : 
Macula non est in te. 
Macula non est in te. — 4 times. 



this Day, Beautiful Mother. 

1 On this clay, O beautiful Mother, 

On this clay we give thee our love, 
Near thee, Madonna, fondly we haver, 
Trusting thy gentle care to prove. 

2 On this day we ask to share, 
Dearest Mother, thy sweet care ; 
Aid us ere our feet astray 
Wander from thy guiding way. 

On this day, &c. 

3 Queen of angels, deign to hear, 
Lisping children's humble pray'r ; 
Young hearts gain, O Virgin pure, 
Sweetly to thyseif allure. 

X)n this day, &c. 



HYMNS, 



221 



4 Rose of Sharon, lovely flow'r, 
Beauteous bud of Eden's bow'r ; 
Cherished lily of the vale, 
Virgin Mother, Queen we hail, 

On this day, &c. 

5 In vain the flow'rs of love we bring, 
In vain sweet music's notes we sing, 
If contrite heart and lowly prayer, 
Guide not our gifts to thy bright sphere 

On this day, &c. 

6 Fast our days of life we run, 
Soon the night of death will come ; 
Tower of strength in that dread hour, 
Come with all thy gentle power. 

On this day, &c. 



Holy Patron ! Thee Saluting. 

1 Holy Patron ! thee saluting, 

Here we meet with hearts sincere ; 
Blest Saint Joseph, all uniting, 
Call on thee to hear our pray'r. 

Cho. — Happy Saint, in bliss adoring, 
Jesus, Saviour of mankind ; 
Hear thy children thee imploring, 
May w T e thy protection find. 

2 Worldly dangers for them fearing, 

Youthful hearts to thee we bring, 
Grant, in virtue persevering, 
Vice may ne'er their bosom sting. 
Happy Saint, &c. 

3 Thou who faithfully attended, 

Him whom heav'n and earth adore ; 
"Who with pious care defended, 
Mary, Virgin ever pure. 
Happy Saint, &c. 



122 



HYMNS. 



4 Ma} ? our fervent pray'rs ascending. 
Move thee for our souls to plead, 
And thy smile of peace descending, 
Benedictions on us shed. 
Happy Saint, &c. 

Gtod Bless our Pope. 

1 Full in the panting heart of Rome, 
Beneath th' Apostles' crowning dome, 
From pilgrims' lips that kiss the ground, 
Breathes in all tongues one only sound — 

God bless our Pope, the great, the good ! 

3 times. 

2 Ths golden roof, the marble walls, 
The Vatican's majestic halls, 

The note redouble, till it fills, 
With echos sweet the Seven Hills- 
God bless our Pope, the great, the good ! 

3 times 

3 From torrid South to frozen North, 
The waves harmonious stretches forth, 
Yet strikes no chord more true to Rome's 
Than rings within our hearts and homes- 
God bless our Pope, the great, the good ! 

3 timse. 

4 For, like the sparks of unseen fire, 
That speak along the magic wire, 
From home to home, from, heart to heart, 
These words of countless children dart — 

God bless our Pope, the great, the good ! 

3 times. 

5 To homes and hearts of saints above, 
Which link'd with ours in thought and love, 
Repeating, bless the pilgrims' strain, 

As showers enrich with borrowed rain — 
God bless our Pope, the great, the good ! 

3 times. 

Note.— The music for most of the hymns is found in 
the Catholic Youth* 8 Hymn Book, the others in Laudis Co- 
rona and Vade Me cum Hymnal. 



IXDEX. 



Page 

Act of Consecration for Postulants 24 

Act of Consecration for Socialists 31 

Advantages — Spiritual 6 

Affiliation to the Prima Primaria 11 

Benediction „ 88 

Blessing of Medals 28 

Compline 50 

Diploma 11 

Election of Officers 17 

Erection of Sodality 11 

Essentials of Reception 11 

Essentials of Membership 11 

Hymn,. 

Alma Redemptoris 56, 92 

As the Dewy Shades. 117 

At the Cross Her Station Keeping 98 

Ave Maris Stella 44 

Ave Kegina 57, 93 

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest 27 

Come, Holy Ghost send down those Beams 107 

Communion 100 

Cor Jesu Sacratissimnm 94 

Easter 10S 

Fading, Still Fading 115 

God Bless our Pope 122 

Hail Gentle Star of Ocean 44 

Hail Heavenly Queen 11U 

Hail Virgin Dearest Mary 118 

Hail Virgin of Virgin? Ill 

Heart of Mary, Heart the Purest 115 

Holy God we Praise Thy Name 109 

Holy Patron, Thee Saluting 121 



index. 



Page 

Jesu Dulcis Memoria 95 

Jesus Crucified 106 

Jesus, my Lord, my God 102 

Jesus Saviour of my Soul 95 

Jesus, the very Thought of Thee 101 

Joy, Joy, the Mother comes 113 

Laudate Dominum 89 

Litany of the B. V. M 90 

Macula not est in te 119 

Magnificat 45 

Maid Conceived without Sin Ill 

Mother Dear, O Fray for me 118 

Name of Mary 114 

Nearer my God to Thee 108 

O Blest for e'er the Mother 116 

O Jesus, Jesus Dearest Lord 103 

O the Priceless Love of Jesus 100 

O Mary, Mother Mary 113 

On this Day, O Beautiful Mother 120 

O Purest of Creatures 112 

O Salutaris Hostia 88 

O Sanctissima 94 

Regina Coeli 58, 93 

Salve Regina 59, 92 

Sanctus 99 

Stabat Mater.... 96 

Sweet Saviour, Bless us ere we go 105 

Tantum Ergo 88 

>Tis the Month of our Mother 116 

To Jesus, Heart all Burning 104 

Veni Creator 89 

Veni Jesu Amor Mi ..... 94 

With Hearts truly Grateful 106 

Indulgences 8 

Memo rare 86 

Out of the depths 64 

Office of Vespers 37 



INDEX. 125 
Fage 

Office of Vespers for the Dead 61 

Office of Immaculate Conception 71 

Organization of Sodality 11 

Order of Weekly Exercises oo 

Origin of Sodality 3 

Points worth Knowing 10 

Postulants 11, 24 

Prayer before Crucifix 87 

" Office 35 

after " 36 

" at Council Meeting.. 25 

" at Election 25 

Reception 11 

Reception— Solemn , 27 

Rules of Officers 18 

Rules of Sodality 13 

Some Great men of Sodality 5 

Starting a Sodality 1 i 

Success of Sodality 12 

Synopsis of Solemn Reception 26 

Transfer Card 12, 16 

Works recommended 16 



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